Indiana Rail Road power rolls up river bound for Flint Hills Resources in Rosemount, MN and another load of coke. Taken from John Latsch State Park.

Coal empties from the Columbia Energy Center outside Portage, WI head up the Mississippi River on Canadian Pacific tracks. The train will be handed back over to BNSF in the twin cities.

Having been delayed somewhere up around Red Wing, train #270 is now taking full advantage of their VIP pass behind Amtrak 8, rolling through the curves of Maple Springs at every bit of track speed... (more)

Barn Bluff offers a good view of Red Wing and the eastbound Empire Builder pulling into the station.

INRD 9011, 9001 lead 74 loads of coke down the CP River Sub back to Indiana.

With CP repainting SOO SD60s I was glad to find these two still in SOO paint.

Matching clean paint has the attention of a number of railfans on Good Friday.

Ethanol empties with an ex QNS&L leader start the battle up Stockton Hill as the sun comes out. Not a single leaser was seen on this day!

A trio of ICE motors blast past St Mary's Cemetery located near Weaver, MN. When scoping out the shot, I found this gravestone with a trio of F Units engraved on it, making it the photo prop for t... (more)

Doing their best to make good time to St Paul, a slightly tardy #171 blasts into Red Wing behind a trio of ICE 6400 series. 6410, 6406, and 6450 have the honors today, looking great against freshl... (more)

A trip to Red Wing rewarded me with sunshine on this wonderful pair of Soo 60's, as they handled hopper empties up River on a November afternoon.

At one time all three of these machines were in the CP Rail 5500 series, now days two look less then stellar, patched for NREX, and one wears great look blue and yellow colors, as they handle trai... (more)

Way freight 580 scurries into Winona with a consist straight out of the 90's! 30 Minutes of work in town, then it's off for La Crosse.

After leaving Minnesota City around 10:45, this train has not been stopped since. One westbound was tucked away at Homer, and two more at Donehower helping compensate for this trains 3 hour wait a... (more)

With their three hour wait finally over, train #280 gets rolling eastward on the River behind 4 Dash-2's. Getting tossed in the Minnesota City siding around sunrise to hold for way freight #581 wo... (more)