Minntac pellets storm northward up the grade to Two Harbors.

Loaded pellets cool their heels waiting for 3 northbounds.

The last "last" Bemidji Local heads light to its namesake with regular engineer Lohrbach and old head conductor G.H.

Rare elephant style tac train heads north out of Allen Jct... unfortunate about all the new signal ugliness.

Seeing four units elephant style on the Missabe is pretty rare, and with an quickly dying breed leading!

Nice leader heads north to Minntac past the long idled signals of the Thunderbird South mine in the last rays of evening sun.

I have always thought these engines wore the BC Rail paint well. Rare leader on the Peg Transfer heading from BNSF's 28th Yard to DW&P (CN) Pokegama Yard.

With the new CP patch plan, who knows how long these will be around for? I think this was a nice shot for #10,000 out of my camera.

#215 smokes it up as she shows her age. Missabe SD38-2's are unwanted by a large number of engineers nowadays, on the road at least, due to their 2,000 horses as opposed to the IC SD40-3's 3,000. ... (more)

After not shooting the transfers all summer, I am finally back in the $! $oo Line that is...

Bessemer sandwich! Tunnel motors look good, maroon or not.

Some days I love the CN. The last maroon SD38-2 (ironically a B&LE unit) which should have been numbered #214, but at the last minute General Foreman Martin Fair decided that it did not look like ... (more)

It was fun winding these bad boys up to speed once we got out of town...

The CN and I have a love/hate relationship. Today was one of the better days...

Back in 1956... The Soo Line mixed train failed and brand new FP7 #2500 had to be brought in... In reality after putting in ANOTHER 14 hour day to get ready for Railfan Weekend I took a break as ... (more)