On National Train day DM&IR 193 with American Flags on it's cab enjoys the beautiful weather before helping switch out 261's train.

DM&IR 193 shuffles cars around to build the next day's passenger trains as 261 and 2719 sit side my side steaming it up on a beautiful but chilled May night.

GN "Hustle Muscle" shines after having been repainted by BN at their Grand Forks, ND facility. The first production SD45 (owned by the GN Historical Society) now resides at the Minnesota Transport... (more)

Three road units off a Minntac ore train have come to the rescue of a Proctor Roadswitch with two units that stalled on the 2.2% of Proctor Hill with ore empties.

Three road units off a Minntac ore train have come to the rescue of a Proctor Roadswitch with two units that stalled on the 2.2% of Proctor Hill with ore empties.

A trio of GEs disturb a flock of seagulls as they lead a loaded grain shuttle from Duluth into Wisconsin.

Holcim's GE center cab positions loaded cement hoppers on the CP interchange track at Duluth's Port Terminal.

Holcim's GE center cab positions covered hoppers under the cement loading silo.

With a number of new GP20C-ECO units populating Minnesota it was nice to see a former Milwaukee Road and a pair of ex-Soo Line GP38-2s in Duluth.

A grain shuttle rolls past Missabe Junction where a CN limestone train is waiting to head up Proctor Hill and in the distance a Proctor Roadswitch positions cars for dumping at Dock 6.

Tourists in town for the long holiday weekend pause to watch and photograph 2719 as it rolls along Duluth's popular Lakewalk.

This is the last summer for 2719 before it needs a major inspection/shopping.

A young boy catches a glimpse of Soo Line caboose No. 1 as is disappears in a haze of coal smoke produced by 2719 as it rolled through downtown Duluth.

Steam faces for both the young and old were on hand at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum.

With the morning coffee break over, the two man crew hops on this former DM&IR SW 1200 and starts again working for Hallett Dock Co. at Duluth, MN. The switcher, retired by CN in 2006 and acquire... (more)