A true veteran, this vintage EMD continues to switch cars in and around Cloquet. Number 31 was originally EJ&E before being purchased in 1964 by the Duluth and Northeastern (predecessor to the CT... (more)
Built in an era when freight cars were much smaller, this ex-EJ&E SW1 is dwarfed by today's larger cars. Here the 31 is sandwiched by a pair of cars as it switches the USB plant in Cloquet.
The Cloquet Terminal has repainted its "storage shed" back to its original identity as Duluth & Iron Range 5200. This is one classy short line!
BNSF Employee special heading West through Cloquet past the sappi paper mill on it's way to Draco on tonights trip out of Superior.
Grinding on the truck from flat 5015.
Builders Plate on the 33 shows a build date of 10-9-1941 giving this ex-EJ&E locomotive almost 67 years in service.
Inside the cab of 33
This veteran waits inside the shops in Cloquet for it's next assignment.
An empty BNSF ore train passes through Cloquet during its round trip to Keewatin Taconite.
CTRR's switcher heads back towards their shop after a morning of switching at Sappi in Cloquet
BNSF ore train rumbles through Cloquet.
SW1 poses on the Cloquet River Bridge. Thanks to the folks at the busiest little shortline-- the Cloquet Terminal, for the tour.
Empty Ore Train on its way to the mines
A GP39 and a pair of GP50s power the Grand Rapids Turn through Cloquet.