The eastbound Empire Builder is right on time as it works it's way past my viewpoint in Mounds Park.

A single GE is making good time heading up the Mississippi River in the evening sun. The tail end of a DME train arriving off the Waseca sub can be seen in the background.

A pair of red Soo Line SD60's are throttling up out of CP Rail's busy Pig's Eye yard in Saint Paul in the early morning sun while three more trains wait to head west on the departure tracks.

A UP transfer is making its way past Dayton's Bluff in Saint Paul.

The sun is just rising as the Northown (Minneapolis) to Aberdeen, SD train rolls west out of Darwin.

A pair of EMDs are having no trouble handling today's Cedar Rapids turn as they glide downhill into Central City.

I'm glad I showed up early to wait for SP 4449. This would be the best sun I had all day! An hour later when the steam train arrived it was dark and cloudy. The eastbound Empire Builder does lo... (more)

Absolutely worth the hike!

The soybeans are golden and the trees are starting to turn as this colorful consist heads east through central Minnesota.

A trio of CN units heads east over the DMIR Oliver bridge connecting Minnesota with Wisconsin.

A set of three BNSF ES44ACs leads coal empties on the Canadian Pacific line through Maple Springs, MN on a beautiful summer day.

Canadian National's Cedar Rapids turn is busy shuffling cars around downtown Cedar Rapids. Once the switching is done the train will head north for interchange with the CN mainline in Manchester,... (more)

This truck has seen better days (notice the bullet holes in the windshield), but I don't think it could find a better place to retire. A BNSF grain shuttle races through Maynard Minnesota on a be... (more)