Two Great Lakes Central locomotives sit in the railroad's Owosso shop. 392 has been painted within the last week, and is undergoing some mechanical work before it is released for service.

SOO 6032 and one of two SOO GP40s in original paint rocket south with a very late train 580. Switching in Red Wing took longer than expected, resulting in the need for a five-way meet at the sidin... (more)

Nothing says winter like a Soo Line locomotive shivvering in the cold at -22F.

Back in the summer of 2008, visitors to the Lake State Railway could routinely expect to see all-Alco and MLW lead trains, such as the northbound to Alpena, pictured here crossing the Thunder Bay ... (more)

Westbound export grain traverses the barren desert landscape around Amboy, California. Lava from Amboy Crater, a dormant volcano, covers much of the land in this area.

An eastbound merchandise train is sitting over I-94 on the north side of Minneapolis, as it prepares to shove back into Humboldt as the crew doubles their train.

Oops! Northbound ICE did a belly-flop on the switches at Tower CK in Winona, requiring a day to clean up the mess and resulting in Amtrak detouring via BNSF between LaCrosse and St. Paul.

Lucky Sevens suns itself outside the enginehouse in Stockton. Once an Alco operation, Stockton Terminal & Eastern mainly relies on two EMD switchers, both in this new paint scheme.

The 6:15 p.m. outbound Northstar departure rockets across the Mississippi River bridge on a rainy January night.

The Wisconsin & Southern prides itself on keeping their locomotives clean, and with temperatures outside hovering around 10 degrees, "bath time" is an indoor activity.

The eastbound Empire Builder rounds a curve at Summit, with the Rocky Mountains in the background.

The old girl can really fly. Otter Tail Valley GP18 192 is rocketing along jointed rail with the daily turn to Moorhead. This locomotive was delivered with a low nose as Norfolk Southern 13, and t... (more)

Maine Eastern's tour train skirts the waterfront in Wiscasset, Maine. The F40's lasted one season on this service, and were eventually sold to a Canadian company.

Two standard cab CSX locomotives lead an empty ethanol train westbound past the Minnesota Transportation Museum's Jackson Street Roundhouse. The museum is home to a large passenger car fleet and s... (more)

Perched in a tree, a youngster waves at an eastbound CSX train and is rewarded with a toot from the horn.