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.

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.

IORY 4071 departs Sidney in the early morning.

The infamous BLE trio of 906, 904, and 909 takes a set of empty limestone down Proctor Hill.

DMIR 408 leads a loaded limestone train passing through Sax along Highway 7 during the heart of golden hour.

DMIR 408 leads a set of loaded limestone at milepost 26 in Burnett on the Missabe Sub.

As exhaust rises into the illumination of a light tower, Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5371 rests next to the venerable sand tower at Helper, Utah, on the night of October 23, 2007. By this autumnal ... (more)

Where do you think this is?… Colorado or Utah? Nope.… Kansas? Nope.… But if you guessed Wisconsin, you’d be right on target. This is one of those infamous Wisconsin Central ore/coal moves ... (more)

Led by Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5390, Union Pacific’s LJP45 dirt train rolls through the desert between Wash and Mounds, Utah, on April 5, 2005.

The Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern operated a handful of LTEX tunnel motors for a while in 2021, including the 9282 still wearing the paint scheme of its original owner, Southern Pacific. The venera... (more)

Prcotor switch taking some limestone empties down Prcotor Hill at Spirit Mountain.

A trio of BLE Tunnel Motors heading north with limestone bound for Minorca.