I caught wind of a Dresser turn departing Humboldt late this morning, so I figured the light would be pretty good by the time the train was loaded and headed back west. After being loaded at the q... (more)

A former Oakway SD60 leads train L516 through the quiet Wisconsin countryside during the journey to Stevens Point.

For the second day in a row, an ex Oakway SD60 has the honors of leading L516 on its eastbound journey to Stevens Point. This is another "summer only" shot for L516 and the 1915 Soo Line... (more)

RIP CP 6037. CP 6037 has been sitting outside of the shops at Pigs Eye for a couple months now and is reportedly being picked over for parts before being sent to scrap.

The engineer of Amtrak #7, the westbound Empire Builder, washes the front of his lead locomotive as they make their nightly station stop at St. Paul Union Depot. Steve Glischinski and Bob Ball put... (more)

UP 1613 and 1132 drill the east side of Altoona yard. Altoona became a remote zone this past fall, which has resulted in remote control SD40N's, such as UP 1613, becoming a common sight around the... (more)

After cutting off their helpers in Hammond, the engineer of loaded coke train ORPXC has his pair of GEs in run 8 as they try to reach track speed again.

Two NS motors and a pair of UP SD70Ms lead a heavy phosphate train westbound through Roberts. These trains run every so often during the winter, when barges are unable to navigate the frozen Missi... (more)

In an extremely rare mid day appearance, L517 heads west behind a very clean recently reactivated BC Rail C40-8M. With a washout around Stanley WI, L516/L517's schedules were thrown completely out... (more)

Shoving back into Pigs Eye with the conductor on the point of caboose #94.

A duo of former Southern Pacific GPs (UP 1515 was built as a B&O GP40 before going to SP), lead a hefty 17 car LTS82 back to Altoona. Normally, this train would only have a few cars this far west,... (more)

A pair of 'Canadian Cab' Dash 9's lead the L516 transfer outside of Glenwood City WI. With only 27 of these funky units built, (23 for CN and 4 for BC Rail) catching a pair is a fairly rare sight.

One of CN's 'Blue Devils' leads the L516 transfer across the Minneapolis Sub on a perfect summer evening. I've been wanting to get this shot since the tracks go south here, making for some nice si... (more)

The L516 transfer is just about an hour into the long trek back to Stevens Point as it passes the former Soo Line depot in New Richmond WI. Throughout the past few months, the CN has stored many l... (more)

A former Southern Pacific B36-7 is in charge of the Minnesota Commerical's Bayport job as it heads down the hill to Bayport Minnesota. The MNNR has the contract for the industries in Bayport, thus... (more)