Crossing the Mississippi.

So clean, it almost looks like a toy.

BNSF 3181 leads a transfer into the Northtown yard with the Minneapolis Skyline as a back drop.

This is the first train in three years to come down this line. This transformer is for the Excel Energy Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and is being pushed in for the last couple miles of the... (more)

Three young girl cautiously check to be sure the train is not moving before crossing the tracks. This work train with 3 cars of ballast and 5 flats of panel track is stopped while Hulcher and BNSF... (more)

A trio of SD70M with a local transfer passes by a stopped auto rack train.

BNSF 1943 followed by BNSF 6821 and CN 2403 pull a southbound over the Snake River along the BNSF Hinckley Sub.

BNSF 1943 followed by BNSF 6821 and CN 2403 pull a southbound along the BNSF Hinckley Sub.

BNSF 1943 followed by BNSF 6821 and CN 2403 pull a southbound along the BNSF Hinckley Sub.

This is an easy spot with excellent light in the late afternoon and evening at this time of the year to see some trains. As many as 80-90% of all trains in the metro Minneapolis/St. Paul area pas... (more)

BNSF and Hulcher crews work feverishly to clear derailed coal cars and reopen the line. The train derailed at about 9:25am on June 30th as it was leaving the siding just west of Downtown Wayzat... (more)

Crews work through the night to repair the rail through the Wayzata derailment site. While having a derailment in the middle of a populated location could have been really bad, it made it really e... (more)

While one crew works on cutting off the twisted rail, a backhoe moves one of the derailed coal cars off of the tracks. While having a derailment in the middle of a populated location could have be... (more)

TCWR GP38-2 #2300 leads a transfer to the Minnesota Commercial as it passes by Target Field along the Wayzata Sub.

BNSF 4861 and a KCS EMD pass through the small city of Verndale along the Staples Sub.