The UP-CP transfer departs State Street as they head out to Dunn with their delivery for CP St. Paul Yard. The critter third out is RSSX 103, a Railserve LEAF destined for Canpotex in Saskatchewan... (more)

Amid wildfire smoke from Canada and filtered sunlight from nature, CN 3023 sticks out with its still bright orange color in a nod to the EJ&E as it hauls limestone loads north on the CN (former DM... (more)

Cutting through the fog on a winter morning.

Burning diesel on a cold winter morning.

A surprise bonus on this excursion, themed as a week of "F's & Flares", came in the form of SDP40 #325....which has now been repainted to match this train set.

The RCO Day Zone Job returns to Northtown after working Waste Management on the St. Paul Sub. BNSF 625 is one of several former Santa Fe C44-9Ws that have recently been equipped with remote contro... (more)

Moving limestone from Proctor up the CN Missabe Sub heading to deliver at Minntac.

A pair of bigger newer non straight air equipped AC GEs move taconite rock in the summer months on this job.

An afternoon on duty time out of Two Harbors has the crew passing thru Jones in the early evening as they make their way up to the U.S. Steel plant to load taconite pellets and a nocturnal return ... (more)

Heading south along the CN Iron Range about to fly over the Ramshaw diamond with steaming taconite pellets bound for Two Harbors.

Heading north along the CN Missabe Sub to load taconite pellets at the Cleveland-Cliffs owned United Taconite plant.

CN C40-8 2032 leads a Southbound ID around the s-curve at Wolf.

Canadian National empty iron ore train U712 heads north through Alborn, Minnesota as it makes its way to Minntac for loading. A C40-8, SD40-2, and SD40-2W power the train as it rolls past an old I... (more)

Repainted IC SD40-3 6253 leads the Rainer local South through the Zim/Sax bog.

CN 3023 leads limestone up the Missabe sub about to get on the Minntac Sub here at Wolf for the final few miles into the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. Neat to see a CN heritage unit pulling DMIR ore c... (more)