CPKC 241 passes train CPKC 572 on the siding track at Lake Bronson, Minnesota - the only passing siding on the CPKC Noyes Subdivision. Only a handful of trains use the Noyes Subdivision on a dail... (more)

The former DW&P Depot near the end of Chestnut Street in Virginia, MN basks in the evening sun on the shore of Silver Lake. The three-story depot was built in 1913 on pilings and concrete and made... (more)

CN 8018, CN 8851 and CN 5782 idling away the night on the head end of a Herzog ballast train parked on the siding here at Virginia, MN.

CN 8018, CN 8851 and CN 5782 lead a Herzog ballast train down the CN Iron Range Sub main here at Biwabik, MN.

Now with a fresh crew on board, CN 8018 waits for traffic to pass by on the main here at S. Virginia. The Herzog ballast train will drop the rock along the CN Iron Range Sub once they get moving.... (more)

CN 3020, with a special guest second out in the form of CCGX 1508, on train M347 heading north on the CN Missabe Sub.

A southbound BNSF train climbs through Russell, MN with three non-GEVO locomotives on the point, including a former Santa Fe GP60M. For July 2025, I'll take that as a win.

A southbound BNSF train works upgrade from Marshall, MN and away from some darker rain clouds in the distance.

A feed truck driver tries to talk on his cell phone as a westbound Twin Cities & Western train disturbs the relative calm of the small town of Plato, MN on the former Milwaukee Road west of Minnea... (more)

A loaded raw ore train approaches the highway overpass near Toimi, MN on a hazy summer morning. The North Shore Mining operation is always a treat to see in the beautiful north woods of Minnesota.... (more)

Wearing a unique throwback logo that really stands out, CN 3331 leads taconite loads down to Proctor yard.

That new train smell? A very fresh SD75IACC leads M357 north as it heads to the border crossing at Ranier, MN and cross into Canada.

After waiting for a northbound empty ore train to pass, CN 3319 is on the move back to the coarse crusher loadout at Untied Taconite to reload rock to take down to the plant.

A northbound empty iron ore train steps onto the Minntac Sub at Wolf coming off the Missabe sub and the Iron Range sub previously before loading at the Minntac west loadout pocket then retracing t... (more)

When these "new" AC44C6Ms took over in the CN ore pool, there was a plan to use them in a 1X1 fashion instead of the traditional way with all the power up front. Only trains that load on... (more)