"You wanna take pictures of it, you come help clean it!" The guys had a point! Fellow photog Robert Auberg runs the hose as the crew from the SCXY volunteers to scrub down these shiny engines. The... (more)

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you! Here we have two SD45's, being hand-washed, in Northern Pacific paint, voluntarily in 2014! The SCRY takes great pride in their equipment and operation. Note th... (more)

St. Croix Valley's SD45s get underway, heading down the Skally Line to Rush City with 104 cars.

St. Croix Valley's two six axle units cross the river at Pine City with 416 axles.

No. 1326 heads south with 103 cars for Rush City on a beautiful fall morning in the North Country.

No. 1326 briefly pauses just north of Rush City due to the St. Croix Valley's GP9s switching in the yard ahead.

No. 1326 waits as St. Croix Valley's GP9s shove a cut of cars into the mill in a scene that harkens back to Northern Pacific days. Thanks go to Frank Nesbit for bringing a little of the old NP ba... (more)

St. Croix Valley's pair of NP-painted SD45 look-a-likes cross the Snake River near downtown Pine City, Minnesota.

The cement signal bases and battery box are the only remnants of the ABS signal system that the Skally line once had.

The St. Croix Valley Railroad, with a fresh pair of SD40M-2's, are bringing down a 25 car cut of wheat for the mill at Rush City.

St. Croix's new SD40M-2 "Radio Equipped" road units spend a quiet Saturday night parked under the stars. Come Monday morning the two will be moving cars again.

St. Croix's road units ease to a stop in Rush City as the ground utility man lines a switch. Even the company ride has a nice Monad logo.

The new face of the St. Croix Valley Railroad, SD40M-2 #1326

All four of St. Croix Valley's NP-inspired units converge at a frac sand plant between North Branch and Harris on a beautiful September day.

St. Croix Valley has just applied NP-authentic "Radio Equipped" decals to their new SD40M-2s (in SD45 bodies). Here the pair move 41 cars south along the former NP Skally Line that linke... (more)