A mixed freight hits the detector at m.p. 74 on the CN Rainy sub just north of Virginia, MN as they charge north to make the run up and over the Laurentian Divide on the way to Canada.

Darkness settles in on this Easter Sunday as heavy snow is falling across northeastern Minnesota and breaking the quiet mood is CN 3271 rumbling up the Missabe sub bound for Canada and points else... (more)

Passing through the small community of Cook, MN at mp 100 on the CN Rainy sub, CN 8810 leads M347, made up entirely of empty centerbeams, north for Canada.

Gliding along the CN Rainy Sub at M.P. 100 passing through the small community of Cook, MN with about 65 more miles to go to the Canadian border.

The small community of Cook, MN sees and hears plenty of trains in any given day as CN's Rainy Sub runs right through it. Here's northbound M347 made up entirely of empty centerbeams at M.P. 10... (more)

Headed around the S-Curve westward towards Edmonton.

Two recently repainted ex-Oakway (EMD) SD60s lift M347 up Steelton Hill in far western Duluth.

Dreaming - Looking like something straight out of R.E.M. The CN 2336's nuclear numberboards and headlights pierce extreme fog, in the thick of a humid spring night.

M347 pulls into the siding during a January 28, 2003 snow storm.