Another triple set running around NE Minnesota garnering a fair amount of attention is this set of former DM&IR units. Here they are coming down from U.S. Steel with steaming taconite pellets in t... (more)

CN 718 arrives at Proctor Yard behind the BLE triple set

Head end of a train at the north end of the yard. Built as a CN SD40 (5185), it went to KCS as their 6637 then BACK to CN as the 5954.

A trio of DMIR SD40-3's (rebuilt SD45T-2 Tunnel Motors of SP heritage) leads a southbound empty limestone train through the "S" curve at Culver, MN.

Light power to pull Lakehead pulls down the Hole Track while DMIR 408 and two sisters spot empties high above on Dock 6. The sun was out for a cumulative of 15 seconds in the few minutes I was on ... (more)

Tunnel motors race ore empties north up the Missabe Sub on a brisk Fall morning.

Peak Fall color and a matched trio of BLE tunnel motors cannot be beat.

The Royal Gorge Railroad's 601 (SD40-3) leads the passenger train into the Royal Gorge Canyon.

A trio of BLE SD40-3's (rebuilt SD45T-2 Tunnel Motors of SP heritage) leads a southbound empty limestone train over the bridge at Kelsey, MN.

A trio of DMIR SD40-3 (rebuilt SD45T-2 Tunnel Motors of SP heritage) leads a southbound empty limestone train past the derelict DMIR depot in Saginaw, MN.

A CSX SD40-3 hustles a westbound BNSF grain train through Stratford, IL on BNSF's Aurora Subdivision.

Some early morning fog is present at first light for a DMVW train that was tied down for the night on the main line at Falkirk ND.

A busy afternoon on the CN ore docs of Duluth, MN. Limestone loads crawl uphill while a boat loads ore from a different train. Todays loads are powered by two IC SD40s sandwhiching two old CN moto... (more)

Bridging the River. The ACWR passenger train movement pauses on the bridge at the Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydro Project.

Both modern-era builders and a variety of models are represented in this photograph made in August 2015