A pair of former Kennecott Copper high-cab GP39-2s (note the high clearance fuel tanks) race through downtown Minneapolis on their way to Canadian Pacific's St. Paul Yard.

Five Geeps head up the Northtown-Wilmar at rural Delano, Minnesota, which has long been a railroad town. Delano was named after the first superintendent of the St. Paul & Pacific, Minnesota's fir... (more)

This Northstar commuter train has just departed Target Field Station for Big Lake.

At last light, NS 8105 roars through Fridley with empty oil cans heading for North Dakota.

Steaming through Kenwood with a test train prior to its debut excursion on May 11th, 2013.

The grain bins belonging to Thief River Falls' Farmers Co-Op Grain & Seed make this passing Canadian Pacific manifest look incredibly small. The train will soon come to a stop and get refueled by... (more)

Looking like a mixed train, Missabe 193 prepares to shove four passenger and two freight cars to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The freight cars are for a display on Saturday for National Rail... (more)

Using only the light available at 2300, here is a T-Bird raw taconite rock train after loading under the coarse crusher at United Taconite. The CN 2112 and 2111 are loaded out and ready to depart... (more)

Two sets of EMD power wait for their workday to begin as the sun breaks through some early morning clouds at Brooten. The 5937 is on a ballast train while the 6252 is on the wayfreight.

An eastbound behind two GEVOs passes a broken knuckle on the ground on a very pleasant May morning.

A newer GEVO and an aging SD40-2 team up on a manifest across Minnesota, seen crossing the North Fork of the Crow River a few miles west of Regal.

After being rebuilt, Milwaukee Road 261 is ready for a test run at Minneapolis Junction.

The crews of two Canadian Pacific trains exchange greetings as they meet at Murray siding just west of the small town of Belgrade. Both trains were moving for this well timed meet, with the westb... (more)

A Balfour Beatty ballast cleaner working with a Canadian Pacific tie replacement gang creeps along just west of MP 110 between Brooten and Sedan. They're waiting for a few tamping machines to fin... (more)

A well-worn SD40-2 waits on the siding in Brooten with a ballast train as an eastbound behind CP and NS power hustles through town. This appears to be almost directly across the tracks from where... (more)