With steam curling off it's heavy payload, a trio of tunnel motors head for Two Harbors.

Four days of rain helped to greatly to lower the fire danger in northern Minnesota. Here Missabe 403 rolls past the site of a small grass fire where the grass is starting to regenerate.

A Tunnel and two SD40-2W's roll south towards Proctor in some sweet morning light.

Nine years ago today (May 10, 2004) CN purchased Great Lakes Transportation (DM&IR/B&LE). How I remember the Missabe from my younger years is reflected in this image of two high hood SDs going all... (more)

Looking like a mixed train, Missabe 193 prepares to shove four passenger and two freight cars to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The freight cars are for a display on Saturday for National Rail... (more)

E-Lead spans the entire right side of Proctor Yard. So many cars are being moved through here that they just built a new secondary Yard Office off to the right near the vehicles, specifically for ... (more)

With Lake Superior on the right and Interstate 35 on the left, Missabe 193 rolls alongside Duluth's Lakewalk with 123 empty coal cars coming out of winter storage for Detroit Edison.

Crossing a still-frozen Knife River while the patrons of the Lighthouse Restaurant look through the windows.

SD70WHAT? With just over 1/3 of the horsepower of a single modern road unit, this gutty SD18 lugs 122 coal cars towards the BNSF at Duluth.

The last maroon tunnel motor leads empties into Mintac under a mid April snow shower.

SD18 193 rolls 123 empty coal cars across the French River along the north shore of Lake Superior. The cars had been stored along the North Shore Scenic Railroad.

Missabe 193 is small in comparison to the Mesabi Miner. Compare this shot to 432284 taken exactly one week earlier.

Mechanical problems with a sister unit forced the DM&IR #193 into service solo. She did a great job, pulling 123 coal cars 26 miles over some decent grades. Seen here about to hit the lakefront.

Lots of history tied together here in a pretty cool way. The thousand foot Mesabi Miner was named to honor the people of the Mesabi Iron Range who had encouraged the development of the mining indu... (more)

A couple of old DM&IR M.o.W. carts rest near the end of the track while a 120 car string of old DM&IR quad sets rest waiting for warmer weather and the return (hopefully) to BFT service.