Soo 559 passes over the St. Croix river crossing from Minnesota to Wisconsin during a photo charter organized by Steve Glischinski.

Remarks: 503 rests for the night as 501 pushed back toward the Northstar maintenance facility.

Amtrak's Empire Builder crosses the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin Dells on a chilly New Years Day.

Recently restored DSS&A 101 poses for photos on the French River Bridge, along the North Shore Scenic Railroad.

A late Builder coming into Little Falls. #8 departed Staples at 3:32pm, 11 hours and 23 minutes late.

An ABBB set of F9's shifting 12 empties over to be loaded.

A very late Empire Builder races south toward St. Paul with an EMD F59PHI on the point.

An A-B-B-B set of F9s depart Taconite Harbor with 12 loads of taconite chips and fines.

CP 2246 is southbound on the MN&S spur having just cross the diamond with Union Pacific's Golden Valley Industrial Lead. The CP Holiday Train's first show of the night is in Golden Valley, Minnes... (more)

A couple of hikers take a break to watch UP's once a week Potash train enter Bootlegger Canyon with 10 car loads. The 1.5 mile trail behind the train leads to the famous Corona Arch.

With spring flooding in North Dakota, the water in one of the lakes east of Sanborn, ND is almost up to the top of the causeway.

SOO 2719 steams along the Duluth Lakewalk by the shores of Lake Superior on a clear September morning. Duluth's famous Aerial Lift Bridge can be seen to the left.

Soo Line 2500 glows in the afternoon sunlight above the Knife River with a recreated ore train. This was a special photo charter organized by Steve Glischinski.

On most days you can shoot one northbound Northstar Commuter in the morning, but today there are two as this one heads back north to be a Twins Extra in a few hours. Thanks to Steve Glischinski f... (more)