Sitting in Cedar Rapids is like taking a trip back in time, especially with a steam engine out the back window. The 261 has just lead another successful excursion and was spotted at the rear of t... (more)

MNNR sand train runs down the Midway Sub, with the B39-8's in the lead and a former BN C30-7. Pushing is MNNR 50 and 71, an SF30C and C636-CAT rebuild.

MNNR 42, sporting it's new red paint, works on spotting steel at SSAB. The unit is a one of kind former Santa Fe rebuild.

NS 1065 Savannah & Atlanta is on its second round trip to the oil fields in North Dakota, seen heading into Northtown to take on fuel before continuing west.

SP power has been working the Altoona Sub for several weeks now, mainly assigned to MALMCS sand trains between Altoona and Mason City. This train was created to bypass switching the cars out at S... (more)

SP 144 leads two patched units on MALMCS (Altoona-Mason City) sand loads.

The NYC, known as the Water Level Route, looks right at home heading west along the Mississippi with train 283.

The Illinois Termal heritage unit leads an oil can east on the BNSF Staples Sub. This is the fourth NS heritage unit to pass through the Twin Cities.

Shooting trains on this bridge is tough, given they only run two trains a day across here. On top of that, the eastbound is almost always at night. Luckily the schedule was thrown off recently a... (more)

U789 has just departed Minntac with another load of freshly baked taconite pellets, headed to Two Harbors.

The UP-CP delivery takes the cross-overs at Hoffman into Pigseye. The black and orange paint scheme is holding up nicely on the leader.

The UP-CP delivery heads past the recently renovated St Paul Union Depot on they're way to Pigseye. Nice to see the Rio Grande paint scheme still around.

PGR 40 was recently brought over from Minnesota to help haul sand on the busy Wisconsin Northern. L1 is seen headed north with 63 empties. First stop Superior Silica Sands, followed by Cheiftain... (more)

PGR 40 was recently brought over from Minnesota to help haul sand on the busy Wisconsin Northern. L1 is seen headed north near Bloomer with 63 empties. First stop Superior Silica Sands, followed... (more)

The local to Cambria heads back to Horicon after stopping in Beaver Dam to do work.