Let there be light! New lights have been added recently to this scene as plans are continuing to take shape for a park to be built around the Bruce Mine headframe near Chisholm, MN. CN donated a q... (more)

Plans are taking shape for a park to built around the Bruce Mine headframe near Chisholm, MN. CN donated a quad set of cars to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum after one car in the pack suffered... (more)

The Mesaba #606 trolley poses along side of the Pillsbury Station (named after the Pillsbury family of flour fame) as part of it's 2.5 mile loop around the Minnesota Discovery Center. Some more ... (more)

The Mesaba #606 trolley poses along side an abandoned mine pit overlook as part of it's 2.5 mile loop around the Minnesota Discovery Center. Some more info on the trolley follows: The Minnesota ... (more)

The interior of former DM&IR C-97 (built in 1910) caboose looks pretty good for it's age, all things considered. When this caboose was being moved from Eveleth, MN to Chisholm, MN it had it's cup... (more)

The beautifully restored interior of the Glen Mine trolley. This Minnesota Discovery Center trolley is originally from Melbourne, Australia and was built in 1928 and is very similar to the trolle... (more)

The Glen Mine trolley heads around the final curve of it's 2.5 mile loop which it travels around the Minnesota Discovery Center grounds and past some old Griswold Signals standing guard at an ent... (more)

The two trolleys that run the 2.5 loop around the Minnesota Discovery Center grounds are done for the day and are now tucked into the trolley barn for the evening. Here's some more info about the... (more)

The Glen Mine trolley runs past a re-creation of a natural ore load-out complete with DM&IR ore cars as it continues it's run around the 2.5 mile loop around the Minnesota Discovery grounds. Some... (more)

The Glen Mine trolley runs past Mesaba Junction and heads to the barn for the night after a day of hauling tourists around the Minnesota Discovery grounds. Some more info on the trolley follows: ... (more)

The raising of the train project at the Minnesota Museum of Mining as been completed and the DM&IR 347 now sits on fresh ballast and new ties above ground. See photo 396003 for a story on why the... (more)

Help is on the way for a “sinking” train display at the Museum of Mining in Chisholm, Minn. In 1954, the first exhibit at the new museum was Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway 2-8-0 No. 347... (more)

934 with a load of iron ore. Note the other train way down in the pit.