RCPE's Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west on an extremely hot and muggy summer afternoon.

A TCW train bound for St. Paul Yard heads east out of the 1885 built train tunnel at Westminster.

RCPE's Mankato to Aurora turn heads west out of Cobden.

A long L567 (484 axels long) makes its way north through Virginia, MN as they travel up to Ranier, MN with mixed freight and colorful boxcars. The yard is busy this morning with several different... (more)

Led by Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD18 No. 185, a Missabe taconite ore train rolls southbound toward the docks on Lake Superior just south of Iron Junction, Minnesota, on September 21, 1991.

SOO was a big buyer of the basic 40s. This one is hauling freight train Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

DNE 16 sits on display near downtown Cloquet.

The crew operating as the Kelly Lake local are almost done for the day as they bring their train to rest in their namesake yard and wait for a van back to Superior, WI.

Cold. Clear. Refreshing. That's what it was as IC 6264 departed Minntac with pellets for Proctor yard.

A cold and windy morning as CN 2041 pulls 145 ore cars across Highway 7 as they begin the trip back to Two Harbors.

A CN SD60 along with a Geep and a “Canadian comfort cab” dash-9 power a local into Proctor Yard. 8/1/23

The UP-CP transfer departs State Street as they head out to Dunn with their delivery for CP St. Paul Yard. The critter third out is RSSX 103, a Railserve LEAF destined for Canpotex in Saskatchewan... (more)

Amid wildfire smoke from Canada and filtered sunlight from nature, CN 3023 sticks out with its still bright orange color in a nod to the EJ&E as it hauls limestone loads north on the CN (former DM... (more)

Cutting through the fog on a winter morning.

Burning diesel on a cold winter morning.