DWP transfer outbound from BN 28th Street Yard bound for Pokegama Yd. in Superior WI. Jan 1994
Canadian National/DW&P
(NEW) CN train Q118 is southbound out of
Superior for Chicago at MP446. Photo by Scott Carney.
(NEW) CN train M347
is northbound out of South Itasca on the DM&IR. The train will change crews
at Pokegama Yard and continue north to Rainer on the US/Canadian border. Photo
by Scott Carney.
(NEW) A southbound loaded Potash train enters
DM&IR tracks at Nopeming Jct. for the trip down the hill to the former DW&P
yard at Pokegama. This train will continue on south to Chicago. Once the CN
merged the WC into their system the DW&P mainline along with the WC route
became part of the Wisconsin Central Division of the CN.
A night photo taken at DMIR's Steelton Yd. in west Duluth. CN Train #340 waits as a UP Geneva Steel All-Rail ore train depart ahead of 340, as the lights of the CN train cast a glow on the surrounding area. Dec. 1999.
Train # 344 passes a set of DMIR power laying over at Steelton Yd. in
the far western edge of Duluth. Steelton Yd. is where the WC and UP interchange
All-Rail ore trains with the DMIR. Steelton is at the base of a 2+%
downhill grade from Nopeming Jct. and for the last couple of miles from this
point to Pokegama Yd. it is relatively flat running. Sept. 2000
A CN detour train is seen at South Itasca (Superior) WI. as it prepares to
enter the WC trackage for Chicago. During the spring of 1996 both the CN
and CP ran detours trains through the Twin Ports while washouts on their
mainlines through Canada could be repaired. Spring 1996
SD75I #5799 and a leased BNSF Heritage I SD40-2 #6330 lead CN train #347
across the DMIR's Nemadji River bridge in Superior WI. The DWP relies on
trackage rights over the DMIR's Interstate Branch to access other railroads yard
for interchange in Superior. Aug 2000.
CN SD40 #5020 leads a southbound train over the DMIR's Oliver Bridge the
location of the Minnesota and Wisconsin border. Aug 1989.
A northbound DWP train with a Soo Line SD40 leading, is about to cross under
I 35 near Midway Rd. on the DWP's old West Duluth alignment in the 1980's.
Photo By Dan Mackey.
A view of a detoured CN train coming off the DMIR at Nopeming Jct. The track in
the foreground is the CN's mainline to Canada, and to the far right is the original
up and over alignment of the DWP line to the former West Duluth
yard. This train was detoured over the DMIR at Virginia MN. on account of
washouts on the CN line south of Virginia . July 1999
The DWP was famous for their Alco RS11 fleet. Here, Dan Mackey caught two
them sunning themselves near the roundhouse at the former yard in West Duluth in
1981.
An Alco RS11 and a SD40 team up to lift a train out of the DWP's West
Duluth Yard. The bridge in the foreground is in the backyard on the Duluth Zoo
and is still in place to this day. Photo by Dan Mackey.
RS11 3608 was the only Alco in the DWP's fleet to receive a chopped short
hood, and is seen with sister 3610 at the former Bridge Yard in Downtown Duluth.
This photo was taken at 5th Ave west near the present day Depot. It is now all
gone except for on track on the south side for the North
Shore Scenic Railroad. I-35 now takes up this property. Photo taken
in 1981 by Dan Mackey.
Speaking of passenger trains, the DWP has sponsored a number of trips in the
winter for the benefit of its employees around Christmas time. Check out the
former GN heater trailing the 5907. Photo by Dan Mackey
A CN SD40 leads a loaded hopper train over Grassy Point Drawbridge in
Superior, WI from its West Duluth Yd. to interchange with BN in the early
1980's. Photo by Dan Mackey.
A northbound CN run-through train pulls upgrade at Virgina MN. Trailing this
GP40-2 are a couple of Rail America GP38's and a WC SD45. Sept 2000.
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