After the two-minute station stop taking on baggage in addition to passengers, the westbound Empire Builder takes the first curve after Fall River, Wisconsin.

After fetching Strata Corporation hoppers at Nora St. from the Canadian Pacific, the NPR 5556 leads the turn across the bridge over the Red Lake River.

Why is this CP AC44's paint to crisp and vivid? It was a star on the movie 'Unstoppable.' Typically, this model of locomotive has a weathered dark-red look. Here it heads past the Camden Place c... (more)

The last week in May features SOO 2064 & 4424 as yard power.

The Northern Plains SD40-2s can feel the cold bite of winter in northwestern Minnesota. Second in line 5556 and fourth 5558 are sending out a nice steady stream of plume, which from a distance ap... (more)

Built by Southern Pacific as SD45 #9001, CEFX 3121 is one of eight leased CEFX/CITX locomotives occupying space on a new spur off of the River Subdivision in the Cottage Grove Industrial Park. Th... (more)

Three Minnesota Northern/ILSX locomotives assemble grain hoppers at the Greenbush CHS Salol Elevator in a scene that can only be seen once per week. The second unit is ILSX 1335, a former CP Rail... (more)

A couple of new aquisitions and an old favorite sit outside in temperatures in the negatives. IAIS 400 and ILSX 923, the former Cargill switcher from Hastings, MN, are two of the newest additions... (more)

During a day of sporadic rain storms, a rainbow popped up east of Thief River Falls providing a nice backdrop for the resident switching power for the Farmers Co-Op Grain & Seed elevator, now comp... (more)

Faded ex-Soo Line unit, Farmers Co-Op of Hanska GP9 #123, sits next to the elevator in New Ulm.

A northbound Northstar train headed by the token Utah Transit Authority locomotive heads under the Central Ave./Broadway Ave. overpass. This day...June 7th...turned out to be 102 degrees only made... (more)

"Oh yeah...this thing sure is goin' pretty slow, then..." In one of the most painfully slow switch maneuvers, CP 9606 backs through the 3rd St. grade crossing past the historic Soo Line depot at a... (more)

ILSX 1373, the switcher assigned to the Thief River Falls Farmer's Co-op Elevator, sits in the evening sun.

The Empire Builder passes through the west end of Winona roughly an hour behind schedule, which is far enough behind to eliminate the brief break for passengers to get fresh air. Fall colors alon... (more)

The sunflower processing facility owned by CHS Northwest Grain in Hazel, MN now has two pieces of switch power: the original #1 now repainted in CHS white and blue and ILSX 924. Does it look lik... (more)