While much of Duluth rising in the background has changed over the years, the most striking transformation has been on the grassy ground in the foreground. Once full of tracks and cars, known as t... (more)

Although most sets will not be pulled until May, with MERC up and running again one set of coal cars was pulled back into service for the BNSF. Seen here heading down Lemon Drop Hill. Some kind an... (more)

A Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific transfer run heads upgrade from downtown Duluth to its west Duluth yard located on the hill side below Missabe's Proctor Hill climb. GP38-2s 5850 and 5853 were acquire... (more)

A decent looking GP40X leads a merger mate on a shuttle for CHS on a beautiful, but somber day in Duluth. An hour after this train departed, Rices Point Yard ceased to have a Yardmaster. All dutie... (more)

A UP transfer from Superior, WI. pulls into the CP yard at Rices Point in Duluth, MN with their remaining 8 car train after stopping to drop cars off at the BNSF yard earlier.

Northbound DMIR empty ore climbing Proctor Hill.

After dropping their short 8 car transfer off in the CP Rices Point yard in Duluth, the UP crew pulls up to the very end of the yard, throws the switch to enter a clear track, and so begins the tr... (more)

CN 5028 and 5023 wait for their next northbound assignment at the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific yard on Duluth's west end. This yard on a hillside below I 35 and DMIR"s Proctor hill climb will b... (more)

DWP 5850 and 5853 stop at the west end of their yard on Duluth's west side with a transfer brought up from downtown Duluth. After switching the traffic will head northwest to the CN at Ft. Francis... (more)

An original scheme former GN GP7 heads a transfer job across the former Northern Pacific bridge across St. Louis Bay and into Rice Point Yard. The train is about to enter the Minnesota Draw, havin... (more)

DMIR 212, an SD38-2 does dock switcher duties while SD38ACs 203 and 207 wait to grab their trainload of empty ore jennies for the trip back up to Proctor Yard. The train on the dock had been broug... (more)

DMIR 169 and mate descend Proctor Hill on Duluth's west side with a manifest freight for interchange in downtown Duluth with connecting railroads BN, CNW, MILW, and SOO. The railroad normally used... (more)

Some surveyors keep a close eye on this train as it climbs the new double track on Steelton Hill. The main adjacent to the train is brand newly in service, I think less than 5 days at this point.

A new CN GE is howling in dynamics as it brings a heavy train down the new grade on Steelton Hill. This was a massive engineering project turning a former 3 train a week DM&IR branchline into a 3 ... (more)

A visitor from the northwest enjoys the afternoon sun at the Lake Superior Transportation Museum.