A westbound crosses the Crow River about 2 miles before Paynesville.

A pair of GE's lead their train quietly downhill into Eden Valley.

Creeping to a stop in the siding at Loretto to meet a westbound.

Spring is in the air, or maybe its just manuer being spread. A trio of EMDs rolls east of Maple Lake on a warm spring day.

A trio of CP veterines head east through Watkins, MN

A westbound DM&E train with a colorful consist is taking the siding at Homer to wait for an eastbound CP freight before doing some work in Winona.

It's off to work for a pair of GPs on a warm spring morning in La Crosse.

A pre-dawn hike up Brady's Bluff outside Trempealeau, WI yielded 9 trains in one hour. In this shot a BNSF coal train is pacing the CP freight visable across the river.

I've never seen a train that didn't look good on this curve.

Now that beaver got burned! The side of the lead locomotive shows what a little too much heat can do to a paint job. This high priority train is crawling through the siding at Homer while a work... (more)

A lone CSX leader heads up this empty fertilizer train through Alma, WI. Solid CSX consists are common on the unit fertilzer trains to and from Breckenridge, MN, although I've typically seen thes... (more)

I'm not sure what led to a Soo leader on a CP grain train on the the BNSF St. Croix Sub, but it sure looks fine. The former Milwaukee Road CP main line just across the river behind me would be a ... (more)

An empty all rail ore train heads up the Mississippi River past the Pepin Marina.

A trio of GE's head across the St. Croix River bridge into Wisconsin in the early morning sun.

The Empire Builder left the Twin Cities right on time, but 25 miles to the southeast that is no longer the case. The dispatcher recieved a signal that the lift bridge across the Mississippi in th... (more)