The Minnesota Transporation Museum's "Great Northern 325" and "Burlington Northern 6234" side by side on the Dresser Wye. The GN 325 was repainted earlier in 2023 at Relco i... (more)

A CP Dresser Turn is stalled out at Dresser Trap Rock after losing the CP 5922 to mechanical failure. Unfortunately, CP hasn't loaded any trains here in 2020, and has instead been sourcing all of ... (more)

A Dresser trap rock train shoving in to be loaded. CP 6248 CP 2202 CP 5041

CP 5866 and 6080 shove CP rock train 3HDR under the tipple at Dresser Trap Rock.

CP 3HDR pulls past the 1887-built Soo Line depot after loading the 34 car Herzog train at Dresser Trap Rock.

A trio of tired SD40-2's load a combined Herzog/GREX ballast train at Dresser Trap Rock.

"Soo Line 559" (Rock Island 1223) is under the watchful eye of the railroad superintendent at the Dresser, WI depot. GP7 559 hasn't been operational since 2014, so it's return was don... (more)

The crew only has a few more cars left to load at Dresser Trap Rock, before they're ready to head back towards St. Paul with their loaded Herzog ballast train.

A CP ballast train with THREE SD40-2s (5878, 5871, and 6068) in THREE paint schemes fills up with "traprock" ballast at Dresser Trap Rock Inc. It has been a busy spring with this setup, as they h... (more)

CP 3GPS pulls back down from Dresser Trap Rock after losing CP 5922 to a mechanical failure. Unable to make it back to St. Paul with only two operable SD40-2s, the crew will tie down the train on ... (more)

CP 3GPS-04 pulls down past the east leg of the wye in Dresser, in order to shove up to the quarry. Three venerable GMD built SD40-2s provide power. Unfortunately the 5922 ended up failing, and the... (more)

Another shot of the Dresser turn shoving up to the quarry. As the train was moving slow, it allowed me to catch him at the two crossings that remain on the remnants of the Soo Line's Danbury Subdi... (more)

CP HDR only has a handful of cars left to load before it is ready to head back west to the Twin Cities. The 41 car train of prized Dresser Trap Rock will eventually be interchanged with the North... (more)

CP HDR slowly reverses on the remnants of the Soo Line's Danbury Subdivision to Superior as it passes under the tipple to load the 41 car train. With no digital speedometer on the 6240, the engine... (more)