Today MILW 261 got it's drivers back. The 261 was lifted, drivers rolled under, drivers positioned, pilot truck positioned, and then lowered. The fork lift behind the cab was used to push the 261 ... (more)

MNTX 325 waits in the siding at Osceola, WI for a westbound CP ballast train before taking the main, boarding passengers, and departing on the first of four trips from Osceola, WI to Marine, MN an... (more)

Ready for Passenger Service. Ex-BNSF SDP40 6327, nee-GN 325, has been restored to its BN heritage "Whiteface" scheme and renumbered BN 325 - in the UMLER database its MNTX 325. BN 325's hea... (more)

Nice steam with cool temperatures. SP 4449 pulls west beginning its trip around the Mpls. Jct. wye to position the train for its eastbound departure to Winona along the Mississippi River on Saturd... (more)

MILW 261 engineer Steve Sandberg is directing SP 4449 with BNSF 52 800665 "Glorieta Pass", NSR 31 800195 "Minnesota River", and MKT 403 800393 to the Harrison St. Shop building. The Amtrak unit ha... (more)

BNSF SDP40 6327 SAVED!. BNSF Railway donated BNSF 6327 to the Minnesota Transportation Museum. The 6327 (nee-GN 325) is one of six former GN SDP40s 320-325 built in 1966. MTM took delivey ... (more)

1984 LOUISIANA WORLD'S FAIR DAYLIGHT. The Union Station clock tower shows 6:44AM as SP 4449 and its 13-car all Daylight consist sit unattended waiting for its departure to New Orleans, LA a... (more)

ROCK ISLAND Recollections. RI 4584 is less than two months old in this photo at HB&T's Milby St. diesel facility in Houston. RI's 18 U30Cs 4582-4599 were delivered October-December 1... (more)

Land Barge - one of C&NW's lengthy and lumbering freight trains. This eastbound 482 train, strung out across the horizon, was tied-down at this grade crossing just west of the Waseca yard. ... (more)

BNSF SWBLW 1460, Santa Fe's one-of-a-kind Baldwin VO-1000 rebuild 'BEEP', was retired after almost forty years of service on the Santa Fe and BNSF and donated to the Western America Railroa... (more)

CP "Red Barn" 9000 is on display for the CP employees open house at the former SOO Shoreham Shops. CP 9000 is one of only two CP SD40-2Fs painted in the CP Rail System "Dual Flag" "A... (more)

When they were new! First unit of the March 1989 SOO SD60 delivery 6021-6041 - no ditch-lights.

UP 3985 made a brief stop at Ames and is now steaming at track speed with the Twin Cities Limited Tour just west of Nevada heading for E. KC Jct and north on the "Spine Line" to Mason City... (more)

A 4-8-4, Not Exactly!. That's MILW 261 engineer Steve Sandberg our engineer on Steve Glischinski's 1970's era photo freight. From the cab, Steve is admiring the concrete piers that support ... (more)

First Revenue Run in new BN paint scheme. MNTX 6234 is ready to make its first revenue run of the season from the Osceola, WI depot. Both MNTX 6234 and MNTX GP7 559 pulled the train today. ... (more)