For the third time this week, Amtrak's Empire Builder detours through Willmar between Fargo and St Paul. A large derailment near Wadena has BNSF shuffling traffic through Minnesota, inclulding th... (more)

It just so happened that today's eastbound builder was the next train behind a 93 car manifest that derailed and blocked both main tracks in central Minnesota. With most of the passengers moved t... (more)

After meeting 497 at Nashua, 602 sweeps around the big Barrett curve with a blast from the past in the lead.

After meeting one at Norcross, coal empties from northern Minnesota cruise into Donnelly on a brisk Thanksgiving morning. The air temperature was -13, but luckily there was no wind.

After waiting in St Paul for over an hour, this eastbound vehicle train from Tacoma, Washington crosses the very cool old lift bridge over the St Croix River between Minnesota and Prescott, Wiscon... (more)

Even though our 9 inches of snow fell well over a week ago, the winds really kicked it up last night. Eastbound crude oil with a trio of Union Pacific GEs was the first train down the main after ... (more)

The engineer of 491 was standing right next to me enjoying the sunset as I snapped some shots of his train holding at Murray.

A priority intermodal train from Chicago casts some long shadows as it heads west along the North Dakota prairie.

With an old cowl unit leading, a long Canadian National manifest is on its knees crawling up Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac.

With two crew members in the cab, America's train flies west out of Reeseville for its next station stop in Columbus.

Close on the tail of Amtrak, 281 is easily making track speed thanks to a very colorful assortment of power leading the way.

A pair of old workhorses are back in mainline service today with a short priority manifest from Pasco, WA.

An instant favorite: This is what I told myself when I checked the screen after taking this picture last night. The fantastic clouds, the hint of a rainbow on the right side, and the speed of trai... (more)

West of Benson, the Morris sub still has lots of great old code line and old signals, which made for a nice match up with this new GE on the H-GFDBRC west of town.

292 holds on the main west of the diamond as an eastbound BNSF manifest pounds the junction. 393 is holding in the siding at Nashua, just behind me, and will meet 292 once the BN clears.