A clean set of SD75M's handle a westbound manifest train that originated at Northtown.

With a classic warbonnet B40-8W on point, GFDNTW heads east out of Elk River towards northtown yard with lots of power to boot. The red unit in the back is a rebuilt CP SD40-2, that went west on a... (more)

With no time to waste, the Grand Forks, ND to Northtown Yard manifest flies through downtown Elk River with a BN green machine on point.

2 decades since the release of Microsoft Train Simulator, BNSF 4723 still proudly wears it's MSTS logo even this long after the game has been released. If there's any media that started my love fo... (more)

One of Amtrak's new Charger units trails a weather beaten leader on the Empire Builder.

The Empire Builder with new Charger locomotives is well documented from the air and the ground by fellow railfan Chris Laskowski.

Amtrak #8, The Empire Builder, running 7 hours late kicks up some snow with one of the heritage units leading.

While the historic city water tower is no longer in use, it makes for a nice backdrop as Amtrak's Empire Builder operating over five hours late sweeps thru an S curve in downtown Elk River MN.

An outbound commuter flies west into Elk River.

A pair of geeps pull the St. Cloud local back east to Northtown heading out of Elk River with a few cars in tow.

Three SD40-2's, including two run thru Conrail units, pull a SeaLand stack train.

Amtrak's Empire Builder slices thru downtown Elk River MN.

With only the lead unit online, BNSF 1439 is being pushed to the limit as it struggles hard to bring this manifest west on the Staples Sub late in the evening.

Amtrak train A-920-1-05A creeps through Elk River after making multiple stops in inspect hot axles. On May 29, Amtrak 7 collided with a John Deere tractor/sprayer in Bainville, MT. The end resu... (more)

Noticeable missing its usual 2nd Genesis engine, BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder through Elk River.