A rare occurrence found 403 working as the dock switch in Two Harbors. The locomotive is one of only two still remaining in full Missabe paint and lettering. Here it spots vintage Missabe ore cars... (more)
A CP section employee uses a leaf blower to clear out a switch after a heavy snow the night prior. I'm sure he was thinking this winter has to end sometime.
Scrap rail and hardware from an abandoned Soo Line yard at 21st Street frames a transfer job headed to Stinson Yard. A contractor is in the process of removing the last rail and ties from the yard... (more)
Grain cars interchanged with BNSF head back to Stinson Yard behind a nice pair of Soo SD60s.
IC 6250 positions ore cars on the top of Dock #1 as the retired DM&IR steam tug Edna G waits for the day's tourists to arrive.
A pair of former Missabe SD18s move a long train of empty coal hoppers out of Duluth for the North Shore Scenic Railroad. The railroad is storing over 500 cars this winter, which provides a nice r... (more)
In a move that never takes place in daylight and maybe 2 times a year or less CN takes a car to Crystal Ice ( old Rath packing ) and passing GE Rail car ALCO switcher
A pair of veteran Missabe SDs have cut off Q-119 after helping that train out of Duluth and are waiting for M-340 to clear before heading back to Pokegama (Superior).
Two of the five remaining Missabe SD-Ms give Q-119 a boost out of the Lake Superior Basin. The box car ahead of the units was labeled "Distributed Braking Car" and had two stobe lights on it.