Chugging along the frigid expanses of rural Minnesota, a little CAT powered Geep handles two reefers, a coil car, and a healthy string of ethanol along the Minnesota Prairie Line.

Autumn is in the air as St. Croix Valley's NP-inspired units head north to interchange with the BNSF at Hinckley, Minn.

BNSF has been struggling to move stockpiled ore from mines on Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range and this train is an effort to help speed up the movement of cars to Kelly Lake. The older hoppers on th... (more)

A pair of BNSF switchers head west to pull a tank car at Tate & Lyle in western Duluth.

A nice gathering of EMD power as three SD60s wait to lift limestone loads to Proctor while a Bessemer sandwich runs around its train on the ore dock.

A pair of F9s ease back to pick up RS11 7209 and a waste water tank car from the top of the dormant ore dock in 2006. Cliffs Erie had moved some cars to the dock area to pick up grinding equipment... (more)

A pair of rebuilt geeps lead a passenger extra for mining engineers on the loading loop at National Taconite.

An empty limestone train eases down the ramp to Missabe Junction while a Proctor Roadswitch crew positions an ore train for dumping.

On a beautiful September 20, 1991, a LTV Mining (former Erie Mining) taconite train slowly unloads over the dock at Taconite Harbor, Minnesota. The train is pulled by EMD F9A No. 4213, GP38 No. 42... (more)

A trio of Bessemer tunnel motors (906, 900, 909) roll an empty limestone train south across the Cloquet River. Winter is slowly releasing its grip on Northeastern Minnesota but not quite enough to... (more)

A pair of newly aquired Siemens S70 dubbed Avanto light rail trains float above the intersection of Minnesota highways 55 and 62 officially within the Unorganized Territory of Fort Snelling... (more)

Portrait of borrowed time. One has to believe that CP has these SOO SD60's on the short list, as most have been rebuilt or stored, and a recent surge in traffic prompted their reactivation. Rare... (more)

The Superior, Wisconsin to Grand Forks, North Dakota manifest crosses the over the frozen Mississippi River narrows between Lake Bemidji and Lake Irvine near downtown Bemidji. This train got off ... (more)

Missabe RDC No. 1 crosses French River on its journey between Two Harbors and Duluth, Minnesota. (The RDC is, in fact, a former Alaska RDC-2 lettered DM&IR for Railfan Weekend 2013, sponsored by ... (more)

A pair of former CB&Q SD9s lead a nice looking SD45 south with the daily Superior-Northtown freight.