The Rio Grande still lives, sort of, in the form of this GP60 in transfer service around the Twin Cities.

The funnel of tracks squeezed between the Mississippi River and Dayton's Bluff is the busiest place in Minnesota for railroad action. On this summer day we find TC&W, UP and BN action.

UP's "Triple Ace" leads an impressive light power move at Tower 55 in the mid-1990s.

The last raw ore train to load at Evtac's Thunderbird North mine before the operation closed. Fortunately it would reopen at the end of 2003 under new ownership and continues to be a big shipper f... (more)

A pair of SD18s (rebuilt from SD24s) roll a transfer across the Robert Street lift bridge in downtown St. Paul on a beautiful morning.

As this westbound Empire Builder approached the Rockies I bet there was disappointment in the sightseer lounge when all they could see was the faint outline of the mountains under a thick blanket ... (more)

Before acquiring 3000 horsepower SD40-3 units NSM tested a few different models. Here three borrowed GEs move empties back to the mine during a test.

The real neat aspect of UP's Atlanta Olympic train was the flame car that brought of the rear.

Milwaukee Road 261 makes for a fine sight (no diesel behind) as it rolls across a former Soo Line bridge south of Superior. This locomotive will run across these tracks again this May on its first... (more)

Under dramatic skies an eastbound arrives at Jasper while a local with a caboose holds in the clear.

With CP receiving its new remanufactured geeps I dug out this shot of EMD's last attempt at a 4-axle rebuild program. You can see the family resemblance but it is safe to say the CP model is uniqu... (more)

A special heavy lift high-wide shipment departs Duluth for the oil sands project in Canada. This train was impressive to watch curving through the terminal trackage in the Twin Ports.

Note the conductor's foot hanging out the window. Good thing the tunnel had decent clearance!

January 17 marks the anniversary of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. This image shows the patriotic SD60M BN painted for the occasion rolling back to Montana with coal empties from Superior, Wiscon... (more)

A heavy duty BN trackmobile works the autorack unloading facility at Daytons Bluff in St. Paul during 1996.