Duluth Port

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Duluth Port
Duluth Port

I do love signs and while this isn't technically an official railroad sign it still is pretty neat and shows a great amount of detail of the trackage snaking thruout the Duluth Seaway Port Authority Complex served by CPKC from their adjacent ex Soo Line yard on Rices Point. This particular sign is found on the fence by Gate 1 alongside Helberg Drive.

Historically the Northern Pacific was the dominant railroad in Duluth and they had massive facilities here, though multiple competing Class 1s also served the city which even today is reached by four of the remaining six mega systems. In addition to Soo and NP, the Omaha Road (CNW), and Great Northern maintained smaller yards here on Rices Point which had connections to Superior via the NP's Minnesota and Wisconsin drawbridges as well as the dual rail/road Interstate Bridge.

Rices Point was once laced with a truly astonishing amount of rail infrastructure and though greatly diminished you can still find CPKC and BNSF jobs working the area daily and can catch the UP making a trip over from Superior twice a week.

For a sweeping overview here's a shot of mine of this same job from a visit the year prior: flic.kr/p/2pwy6Z3

Duluth, Minnesota
Sunday September 15, 2024

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Taken on: September 15, 2024
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