A Great Northern SD9 switching ore cars near Duluth MN in the GN ore yards in 1969.         
BNSF operates the GN ore lines to this day with an ore dock near Duluth MN, and runs daily ore trains to Chitown. Four SD9s remain in service on the BNSF in 2012. #1550-1553. Search the archive for BNSF 1553. GN once had 4 ore docks in Duluth harbor each 2,400 feet long they remain in the water today, last used by the BN in 1988.
Date: 7/9/1969 Location: Duluth, MN   Map Show Duluth on a rail map Views: 1943 Collection Of:   S Kotnour
Locomotives: GN 556(SD7)    Author:  S Kotnour
A Great Northern SD9 switching ore cars near Duluth MN in the GN ore yards in 1969.
Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Track,Action This picture is part of album:  Classic Twin Citites MN 1970s
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