Pushing back into a mill.

IC 6263 leads a train of loaded taconite around the S curve in Culver, MN.

CN 2029 leads U717, a hot load of taconite, against the morning sun at the Highway 33 overhead bridge in Saginaw, MN.

Loaded iron ore train from the Minorca mine to Two Harbors, MN slowly creeps down the siding at Virginia while a loaded sand train is full throttle gaining speed and momentum about to start the cl... (more)

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train East past the searchlights and code line in Hastings.

LTV/Erie RS-11 7205 works a mine train at their facility in Hoyt Lakes, MN. in September of 1987. These units were seldom photographed as they stayed near the mine and rarely ventured out on the m... (more)

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train East through Weaver.

CP 2816 "Empress" passes through Newport, MN.

CP 2816 "Empress" passes Dayton's Bluff after being on public display at Union Depot in St. Paul, MN.

CP 2816 leads the Final Spike tour train East through Minneiska.

CN 408 leads this trio of ex Espee Power with a train of iron pellets for the docks at Duluth.

A northbound CN freight streaks up the CN Missabe through Fairlane as the aurora borealis do their thing in the sky above.

2816 heads over the Crow River trestle on a gloomy morning in Rockford. Of all the trains I've shot on this bridge, a steam locomotive was the last thing I was expecting, at least until the tour w... (more)

CP 2816 rounds the curve at Elbow Lake, now only 40 miles from Glenwood. ILSX 919, the elevator switcher, is off to the right. Not much is known about the unit, but considering the fact SW9s were ... (more)

Kicking off National Train Day 2024 at 0100, southbound iron ore loads wait for a northbound empty as they cross paths at Biwabik under some impressive aurora borealis taking place in the sky abov... (more)