This ain't your dad's C&NW... or maybe it is. There may no longer be green and yellow or blue and gold... but there is fresh orange and yellow and while many upgrades are being made to this area, ... (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)

Just short of Elton, the LM heads west alongside the Yellowstone River, as the unseasonably warm weather has caused the river to start running again.

This used to all be ore...

Its still ICEy in Duluth! An extremely rare occurrence, as the ICE #6436 leads a coke train to the BNSF's Rices Point Yard. This may be the first an DME/ICE unit has ever been to Duluth. Here they... (more)

Was hoping for the nice BN GP30 leading but instead got stuck with this ex Penn Central Rent-A-Wreck.

Newcomers to the Missabe jogging around the wye past some old Missabe signals. Missed the shot by 1/2 a second!

A gorgeous day with a somber mood, the #215 wouldn't last on this job much longer, replaced by IC SD40-3's not long after this was taken. Once replaced, the #215 would never return to Two Harbors.... (more)

Money money money money....monaaaaaay! The Keenan Road Switch certainly is money for the crew. Not only did it take them 2 hours to go 5 miles, but they get a 4 man crew, unheard of in todays worl... (more)

As traffic races to the next spot, the UP 4014 easily charges through a rock cut west of Laramie as its reunion tour over its home territory continues. What a sight to behold.

A never before seen move on the Missabe. The IC #6256 may not be long for this world after initial reports indicated the water had frozen in her pipes after she died en-route to Proctor. A NB trai... (more)

Newcomers to the Missabe head off to take a nice jog around the wye. I counted 10 Dash 8's on the Missabe today, 4 of them being at Fairlane.

I am partial to blue schemes, and this is no exception. Seen in the company notch as the oft troubled DPU, former EMDX #1209, the first E-Rail of the year heads through Bear Creek on an AMAZING 57... (more)

With only 80 cylinders worth of flares left on the MRL, catching one is rare. Even rarer? Finding it paired with an ancient GP35. Seen here rolling into Bozeman on what was supposed to be a cloudy... (more)

The former LS&I #18 storms upgrade with the gorgeous Rocky Mountains looming in the background.