A front end loader is hard at work loading jennies with limestone at the Hallett Dock Company in Duluth, Minnesota. One the Hallett Dock switchers, SW1200RSm 1251, pulls the cut forward one car at... (more)

Hallett Dock locomotive 1251 is celebrating her 62nd birthday this year. Built in 1960 for Canadian Pacific, she now lives her life switching limestone cars for Canadian National's operation in Du... (more)

Hallett Dock's ex-CP switcher positions ore cars for loading of limestone as CN's vessel Presque Isle is moored undergoing maintenance. CN has received STB approval to purchase this dock from Hall... (more)

One of Hallet Dock's pair of switchers sits in the setting sun. Taken with the kind permission of the Hallet Dock Company.

Hallett Dock's former N&W NW-2 positions cars of bentonite clay for unloading at their number 5 dock in Duluth. Piles of limestone are on the right.

One of Hallett Dock's switchers spots cars of taconite pellet chips/fines at the firm's unloading shed. This ore is from Keewatin Taconite and will be shipped from Hallett Dock by lake vessel to b... (more)

Looking more like models, Hallett Dock's two EMD switchers rest on a quiet Sunday morning at Dock 5 in West Duluth. The green No. 12 traces its lineage back to N&W while No. 11 is a former C&O NW-... (more)

With the dormant and stripped former DM&IR ore dock No. 5 as a backdrop, a large front end loader fills side dump cars at Hallett Dock. The limestone is used in the production of taconite pellets ... (more)

This former DM&IR shop switcher was originally built for the C&O as their 5060 and then sold to the EJ&E as their 455 (upgraded to SW1200 specs). The switcher was transferred from the J to the Mis... (more)

Roster shot of NW2 Hallett 12. This unit works for Hallett Dock Co. in Duluth, MN and continues to work the dock on a daily basis moving cars for bulk commodities loading.

Roster shot of SW1200 Hallett 11. This unit started in 1949 on the C&O, then to the EJ&E, then to the DM&IR, then to CN when it was retired in 2006. It was acquired by Hallett Dock Co. in Duluth,... (more)

Fresh off a coffee break, the two man crew uses this old DM&IR switcher for moving cars around at the bulk materials facility, Hallett Dock Co.. This switcher, retired by CN in 2006 and acquired ... (more)

With the morning coffee break over, the two man crew hops on this former DM&IR SW 1200 and starts again working for Hallett Dock Co. at Duluth, MN. The switcher, retired by CN in 2006 and acquire... (more)

Hallett 12, an EMD SW2, picks up a cut of ore cars just delivered from CN for interchange at Boston Yard. The cars will be spotted at Hallett Dock Co. for the loading of limestone then brought ba... (more)

Hallett Dock 12 spots a cut of cars for unloading on Dock 6, the empties are on the down hill slope from the Car Unloading System, the backhoe is used to removed the stubborn remains of bentonite ... (more)