The Pride of the (former) Skally Line. SCXY 1363, showing its NP inspired Heritage paint scheme, sits idling outside the SCXY RR office on a cold but clear February night.

The two Northern Pacific inspired GP9's that serve the St. Croix Valley Railroad sit outside the office on a cold February night.

After a trip up to Hinckley, MN to pick up a 30 car BNSF transfer of grain loads, the GP9 duo from the St. Croix Valley RR roll south down the former NP Skally Line as we continue our trip back in... (more)

A pair of St. Croix Valley geeps rest next to the shortline's depot/office as a storm front moves in from the north.

St. Croix Valley units stand at Rush City, ready to go out after a heavy rain.

The St. Croix Valley units go about spotting cars at the grain facility in Rush City.

The colorful NP inspired duo of GP9's that call Rush City home sit silent and wait for the crew to show up Monday morning when they will spring to life and earn their keep.

Rush City, home of the St. Croix Valley Railroad, Horizon Milling and Ruth Duccini. Who is Ruth Duccini? She is one of the last three surviving Munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

St. Croix Valley's geeps warm up outside their depot after the area received a nice early spring snowfall.

Resting over the weekend but tomorrow SCXY 1363 will be hard at work. She was originally built as Great Northern GP-9 #676.

Returned earlier this spring to Rush City in it's 1960's NP stlye livery from the Thief River Falls Independent Locomotives Services paint booth, this GP9 joins the other member of the fleet, the ... (more)

No work until Monday for these two units, a pair of recently repainted NP heritage livery GP9's that hang out near the headquarters of the St. Croix Valley Railroad on a nice Saturday morning in ... (more)

Recently returned from Thief River Falls Independent Locomotive Services shop in its' 1960's NP like livery, this GP9 rejoins SCXY 1363 which was repainted by crew Tom Schuppert and Tavis Anderso... (more)

SCXY 1363 sits after work hours by its home by St. Croix Valley's main office and Horizon Milling, Rush City's most prominent city structure.

St. Croix 1363 and recently arrived 1352 rest next to the depot prior to their next call to duty tomorrow morning. Even the depot is painted in an NP-inspired two-tone brown to reflect the line's... (more)