The evening shift is underway for Bandit 4512. Drilling cars to be taken across to Stinson Yard in Superior.

Between CN and BNSF northern Minnesota is a haven for veteran EMD second generation diesels. Here seven EMDs lift limestone up Proctor Hill (three SD40-2W, one SD60, two SD40-3s and an SD40T-3). ... (more)

Out of service since 1998, this logging 2-8-2 was moved outside for the night photo session held as part of National Train Day at LSRM.

Mass pandemonium! 261 draws big crowds trackside as it arrives at the Duluth depot. Within a few minutes, the big 4-8-4 was surrounded!

An IC/BLE/CN combo wait for a crew and dock personnel to arrive to begin dumping taconite pellets into the DMIR ore dock in Duluth.

A sliver of light illuminates an ex-Milwaukee Road GP38-2, fitting considering Milwaukee Road 261 had arrived an hour earlier. BNSF's ore dock complex can be seen in the distance and the thousand ... (more)

The blue hour on National Train Day with the 4-8-4 Milwaukee Road 261 in Duluth , MN.

As hundreds of railfans did this weekend, Amtrak P42DC rushes to hook up with the 261.

During the night photo session of Milwaukee 261 and SOO 2719 this little gem was included but sat quietly opposite the stars of the show. Info from the museum: Built by Baldwin Locomotive works ... (more)

A sliver of light illuminates the 261 passenger train as it is turned at Rice's Point. The 261 would be wyed the following day.

For the National Train Day in Duluth, MN, Friends of the the MILW 261 brought the 261 up to Duluth on its 1st maiden revenue run after the 4 year rebuild. A night session was put together to shoot... (more)

Milwaukee 261 eases into Minnesota on its trip from Minneapolis to Duluth via Superior, Wisconsin.

A combined Proctor Roadswitch and limestone power seven-unit consist powers up Proctor Hill just after a snow squall had moved through the area.

Some of the many fans in town for the 261 line the overpass at Spirit Mountain as this short 17-car limestone train works towards Proctor in beautiful late afternoon light.

A bay window BNSF caboose and switch crew protect the shove as 261 is wyed at Mikes Yard in western Duluth while the paper mill switch holds in the clear.