North Shore Scenic Railroad

The North Shore Scenic Railroad (reporting mark NSSR) is a heritage railroad that operates between Duluth, Minnesota and Two Harbors, Minnesota, United States.

The railroad is owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM) and offers several different types of passenger excursion trains between May and December each year. The railroad started up in 1990, using the Lakefront Line once owned by the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway. DM&IR's successor, Canadian National, still has trackage rights over the line, but rarely uses them. The railroad operates several locomotives, notably Great Northern Railway EMD NW5 192, DM&IR EMD SD18 193, Budd Rail Diesel Car 9169, Soo Line EMD GP30 700, and Soo Line FP7 2500. It currently has no operational steam locomotives on its roster. Many steam locomotives have seen excursion service in one form or another. The first to operate was Duluth & Northern Minnesota 14, followed by Soo Line 1003 and Milwaukee Road 261, and (most recently) Soo Line 2719. The next locomotive to operate under steam is Duluth & Northeastern 28, expected to complete restoration by 2016.

From May until December, the NSSR operates several daily excursions; following Labor Day, the NSSR reduces service to weekends-only.

The NSSR's premiere daily train is the Lester River, which runs from Duluth Union Depot to its namesake river. On weekends (Friday/Saturday/Sunday), the railroad runs a full 28-mile trip to Two Harbors, returning later in the day. From 2007 to 2013, Soo Line 2719 regularly operated August to late September, occasionally in October.

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