A unit sand train blasts through Elk River.

An eclectic set of power splits the search lights at MP 41.2 on the BNSF Staples Subdivision. The codeline and searchlight signals have all fallen since the line was upgraded to CTC.

Looking worse for wear, AMTK 51 has hit a few objects over its miles.

A five unit Pasco-Northtown train is tied down waiting for a new crew.

Before CTC, PTC, PSR, etc. came along, the east end of the Staples Sub was still relatively old school with code line poles from the 1920's and 30's, corresponding search lights along with the St.... (more)

Delayed by ~4 hrs at Staples MN due to a traction motor fire on a freight train, the Empire Builder races towards St. Paul.

A westbound manifest train is on its journey from Northtown to North Dakota with a couple of SD40-2's still adorned in cascade green.

A pair of GP60M-3's on the St. Cloud local await a dog catch crew.

A large winter storm is dumping heavy and wet snow over the Upper Midwest.

Built in 1956, this GP9 was still hustling freight trains on the BNSF mainline 40 years later in 1996.

With 4 US flags flying in the scene, a recrewed St. Cloud local with a pair of GP60M-3's blasts thru downtown Elk River enroute to Northtown ~ 25 miles to the east.

Three well-worn EMD's swing through the curves in downtown Elk River with an eastbound freight for Northtown Yard.

Fresh out of the Juniata shops, ex-NS 9349 rebuilt as AC44C6M is the DPU on this frac sand train from Sparta WI destined to the Ross ND oilfields.

TFM 2629 and BNSF SD60M 9259 lead a double stack train.

An early season surprise snow fall blankets the surrounding landscape as the Empire Builder hustles along towards SPUD (St. Paul Union Depot).