While waiting to photograph a mighty Yellowstone led loaded ore train from the Mesabi Iron Range that was heading to the docks in Two Harbors, something caught my eye. Here was a recently install... (more)
Victims of a head on collision, all 6 units involved are now scrapped. They protected their crews like they were designed, no fatalities. The rough looking mainline just saw two trains about 15 ag... (more)
GHOST TRAIN! After a derailment at LP forced the closure of the SB IR Sub from Waldo to Two Harbors, empties get rolling again. little did I know a short 3 weeks later both of these engines would ... (more)
DM&IR 405 leads a loaded ore train slowly past fatally damaged sister 401 (with blue tarp) and 5 equally scrap-worthy IC SD40-3s. A contractor will scrap all 6 units involved in the September 30 h... (more)