The westbound Borealis makes its Red Wing station stop. AMTK 519 is pinch hitting for a P42DC, and making its second trip in a row on the Borealis.

A B32-8WH leads the westbound Borealis out of Lake City. It has been many years since one of these locomotives last led a train near the Twin Cities. Amtrak's B32-8WHs are typically assigned to ya... (more)

A pair of P42DCs recently repainted into Amtrak's new Phase VII scheme power the westbound Borealis along the Mississippi River west of St. Croix. This service began on May 21st, and offers one tr... (more)

A trio of SD40Ns are serving as the manned helpers for eastbound manifest MNPAL. Once they cross the Hudson Swing Bridge into Wisconsin, the units will be working hard in order to get the heavy tr... (more)

CP 6042 leads J19X out of St. Croix and towards St. Paul Yard. 6042 is still looking good following its 2022 overhaul.

CPKC 40B races east through Maple Springs and past a crowd of 40-50 people during the St. Paul to Portage leg of the Final Spike Tour.

CP 2816-1401-4107 lead 40B out of St. Paul Yard on the Red Rock Industrial Lead.

A pair of tattered former Santa Fe B40-8Ws lead the BN-CP transfer back to Northtown with 18 auto racks from the Bluff.

LTS72 departs Altoona with 20 empties destined for Hi-Crush's Valley sand plant.

A sextet of geeps lead the TC&W's St. Paul turn back to Hopkins after interchanging with the UP in South St. Paul. This job typically rates 3-4 locomotives, but they brought over 100 cars down to ... (more)

LTB85 returns to South St. Paul from Roseport with a quartet of SD40Ns for power. They are seen here north of Waterous while setting out the rear of their train in the Armour siding.

L576 passes through cranberry marshes during the return trip to Blair. The job made a 77 car pickup in Wisconsin Rapids in addition to exchanging CN 2646 for CN 2765.

L576 soars over the Black River in Hatfield with a rare C44-9WL leader. This job does a turn out of Blair to Wisconsin Rapids, working industries along the way.

YSPBN pulls into East Minneapolis with two SD40Ns and an SD60M for power. Once an important yard for the C&NW, East Minneapolis' footprint and role has been greatly reduced over the years. Althoug... (more)

U716 loads at UTAC's Fairlane processing plant with BLE 909-904-906 for power. Once loaded, the 137 car train will head back south to Proctor as U717. There are five B&LE tunnel motors assigned to... (more)