Missabe 203 and B&LE 903 assist a very long M-343 up the 1.8% grade of Steelton Hill in far western Duluth.
At Curtis, MCR #38 is on the way back to McCloud with loads from both the Sierra Pacific Mill in Burney and from Dicalite at Cayton. Due to track conditions, the run from Burney to McCloud had bec... (more)
In June of 2005, there was still enough outbound loads to require two units on the "hill job" from McCloud to Mt. Shasta City. SD38's #37 and 36 are on the tail track of the Signal Butte switchbac... (more)
On its way back to McCloud from the Sierra Pacific mill in Burney, McCloud 38 is passing the now derelict tower at Bartle. It is August of 2005 and less than a year remains until this part of the ... (more)
The morning Two Harbors Switch has just retrieved three loads from LP while a deer takes the opportunity to cross the rail in the distance.
DMIR shuttles CN Ballast Hoppers out of the roundhouse. With the derailment in Orr the night before, I speculate that to be their destination.
Ore loads pass a stopped CN manifest just north of Proctor.
Ore loads roll past the shuttered Saginaw, MN depot.
The morning Roadswitch job brings empty side dumps to Duluth for limestone loading. After yesterday's record 72 degree temp, not much snow remains.
The Proctor Roadswitch negoiates the new Hole Track bypass in order to pick up limestone cars for loading at Lakehead.
A former EJ&E SD38 rides the turntable at Proctor.
201 on the point, a freshly painted 401 in CN livery trails, pulling hard on a limestone train southbound.
Ore empties split the switch at 2nd street giving residents of Proctor a front row seat to the derailment cleanup, here RJ Corman works on rerailing some of the cars