The Royal Canadian: Brightening up a somewhat dreary day, CP 1401 leads the Royal Canadian through St. Paul, towards Cottage Grove. The big brass got off the train at Humboldt Yard, and thi... (more)

Hennepin Job: On a crisp fall day, this former CPRail RS18u runs light to the end of the line to service a plastics company. The track arrangement means you can only fit the engine and one ... (more)

Hennepin Job: After finishing the days work, Job 52 heads across the BNSF St. Paul Sub at Park Jct. They are heading for the yard at Midway where they will put the train away and take the p... (more)

Hennepin Job: Towards the end of the line, Job 52 totes few tank cars through an industrial area in East Minneapolis. This former CPRail RS18 looks right at home on this crisp fall day. T... (more)

Hennepin Job: The first customer to be serviced on the Hennepin line also receives steel coil cars, here #83 backs loads down a steep grade to the unloading facility. This former CPRail RS1... (more)

Hennepin Job: After making a cut, the engineer on Job 52 pulls hard on steel coil loads to be spotted at the customer. This former CPRail RS18 looks right at home on this crisp fall day. T... (more)

Stormy Night: Not quite enough time to make it into the yard, the "Soo Shakopee" job sits tied down on Soo 1 at West Hoffman, this as another Eastbound streaks past, heading for S... (more)

Crow River High Bridge: Getting close to the Twin Cities, 198 rumbles across the high bridge at Rockford, MN that spans the Crow River. You can't see it from here, but the rail on this brid... (more)

The Struggle is Real: A grain extra out of St. Paul comes as a surprise when it shows up with 103 mtys and just a pair of geeps. Don't see that much anymore! Here they round the curve at MP... (more)

Northern Pacific High Line Bridge #64: Just after sitting down to fish, the silence of a quiet Sunday morning is shattered by a Westbound coal empty heading for another load. Soaring 162 ft... (more)

Service Island: UP's Winona operation is interesting because they only own about a mile of track in this area, making it an island from the rest of their system. All their car are either de... (more)

Soo Line on Wall St: After delivering cars to Bay State Milling, G77 runs light back up Wall St, though the neighborhood on the south side of Winona. Next, they will head to the old CK sidi... (more)

Shoving Hard: G77 shoves hard on 30 or so grain loads for Bay State Milling, traction motor blowers kicking up dust along Front St. Residential on one side, industrial on the other, Front S... (more)

Wall Street: Street running operations are always interesting, even more so when they're in a residential area, and not industrial. Winona, MN is one of the more overlooked operations in th... (more)

Oh, The Things We Take For Granted: Ever find yourself missing the simple things from years ago? I particularly miss big lash ups of yard goats on the TRRA. It's really something to hear 4 ... (more)