A westbound with a nice all EMD lashup looms out of the fog as the sun rises on Halloween morning, 2011.

The former movie star and now cleanest looking AC4400 on CP's roster soaks up the setting sun as it rounds a curve east of Brooten.

Brand new rail made in the USA.

One of CP's newer rebuilt locomotives was set out in Hoffman by a westbound manifest earlier in the morning and is now hard at work loading a grain train at the elevator in town.

With a portion of the Saint Paul skyline visible in the distance, three SD9043MACs arrive at South Saint Paul with a manifest. Some other power looks on, including a three-window SD60M.

Another shot that's been done before, but something I just had to see for myself: an on time Empire Builder crosses the Java Creek Trestle east of Essex, MT under clear skies.

A matching pair of former Santa Fe Warbonnets rests in Willmar, MN.

My favorite railfanning companion gets an eyeful of the 490 as it sets out a bad order car in Sedan.

After a brief wait at Randall for the eastbound Empire Builder, a westbound grain train is on the move through the fog near Lincoln.

This GP50 has been hanging around a while and I finally had the chance to get a good roster of it on the roundhouse lead in Willmar.

The Frontier Cooperative Company's Silver Creek elevator looms over their ex-CNW (former CRI&P) GP7 as it awaits the next unit train from Uncle Pete.

Who cares if its just a trio of BNSF Dash 9's? When you're standing in this spot on a perfect summer evening, watching rafters enjoy the rapids on the Flathead River, and you hear the whine of dy... (more)

Old Glory and a 4-8-4 on a crisp autumn day. What more could you want?

A westbound grain train with a mix of ICE, NS, and CP power accelerates out of Murray Siding in the distance and makes its way through Belgrade as the sun breaks the horizon on another sub-zero wi... (more)

Saint Paul's newest resident railroad (CPKC) is represented in part by a shiny Kansas City Southern GEVO on display as part of Saint Paul Union Depot's Train Days.