2CWR rounds Lake Isabelle in Hastings shortly after crossing over the Mississippi River.

MILW 101A leads another FP7, E9B & E9A on the Morning Hiawatha as the train glides downgrade and crosses BN's main on the approach to the Mississippi River crossing into Hastings, MN. The train ha... (more)

A pair of Indiana Railroad SD60s (ex-SOO) pull a loaded coal train across the former Milwaukee Road bridge spanning the Mississippi River.

An eastbound Burlington Northern intermodal train rolls through the St. Croix interlocking with Milwaukee Road near Hastings, Minnesota, on November 21, 1987. BN EMD SD40-2 No. 7099, built in Nove... (more)

CP 2223 parked on a siding next to the Hastings Depot.

AMTK 148 leads a very late Empire Builder through Hastings.

Canadian Pacific GP38-2 4509 (ex-Milwaukee Road 359, and still in Soo Line paint) and CP/SOO caboose 17 are stationed in front of the depot, awaiting their call to duty switching local industries ... (more)

CP 3002 and 2213 bring a 11,397 ton H20 over the Mississippi River at Hastings. 51 years after rolling off the assembly line at GMDD's London plant, the 3002 is still earning its keep for its orig... (more)

The Empire Builder crosses the Mississippi with central Puget Sound RTA F59PHI tagging along.

CP 8624 and SOO 4448 heading south along the Mississippi River near Hastings.

The eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Mississippi River in Hastings with AMTK 184 40th anniversary unit and FRA's DOTX 221 "office of safety" car.

A good looking duo of Multimark SD40-2s bring 5BAL through Vermillion. Despite the symbol, this was a 90 car empty sand train.

A pair of veteran GMDs approach Hastings with H19, after meeting the SD40-2 lead GPS train at Blackbird.

Empty ballast train 3GPS crosses the Hastings Bridge with a matched elephant style trio of action red SD40-2s. The train is enroute to Waterloo WI for another load of ballast.

BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder.