Missabe 193 fits in well while rolling through downtown Duluth on one of the annual pumpkin trains operated by the North Shore Scenic Railroad.

DM&IR 193 cleans out her lungs a little bit while she is switching and making up trains for the afternoon run of the North Shore Scenic Railroad's popular pizza train along Lake Superior in downto... (more)

The lone DM&IR-painted SD40-3 eases into Missabe Junction with ore cars for limestone loading.

Missabe maroon still rolls on Proctor Hill as 403 eases 141 ore loads towards Dock 6 in Duluth.

Frost on the grass and steam in the air as DM&IR 407 leads 141 loads of taconite pellets from Minntac's east load-out pocket to the yard at Proctor, MN on a crisp early fall morning.

Several sets of Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD-Ms (rebuilt SD9s by Missabe’s Proctor Shops) rest at Keenan Yard, Minnesota, on September 26, 1993.

Long live the maroon and gold!

In an interesting power shuffle this technical MRF has 146 loads of taconite and 6 units (2 online) as they rumble through Fairlane. 6 units and still 15 mph below track speed. Save fuel ya know.

Minorca loads blast down the hill with ballast cars from Prindle lurking in the background. Quite the hill here! Neat contrast between old and new cars!

"Normally" Two Harbors consists are flipped every day, lead up one day, trail the next. After seeing the #403 lead on Sunday, I held out no hope of shooting her today. But lo and behold for some r... (more)

Ore loads catch some sun between thunderstorms.

One of three cosmetically restored Yellowstones in the area. The one residing in Two Harbors looks great in fresh grey and black. Perhaps this one could get the same treatment.

More likea shortline than a tourist railroad, the North Shore Scenic Railroad is seen here bringing 123 of its 1200+ coal cars back out of storage.

Ore connections
A closeup of the drawbar and air line arrangement of a Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range “quad” ore car. These were a set of four ore cars permanently coupled together ... (more)

DM&IR 403 leads ore loads south towards Two Harbors.