MBKX empties head west along the river led by a couple of Dash 9's.
BNSF 4749 running westward with stacks and trailers.
BNSF 5522 rumbles past Victoria Street. These GEs and lone EMD were really pounding as it worked to pull the train up the grade.
A pair of NS units bring a train west on a very busy evening in Saint Paul.
Fresh paint on this former maroon DMIR unit. Not too long ago both units would have been maroon.
One SD40-2 and two geeps on today's M-MINSUP arrive in the Cass Lake yard for a crew change and a meet with a eastbound coal train in Cass Lake, MN. It was bitter cold with wind chills in the -30... (more)
Coal loads heading east on the Staples Sub Division near Lake Park, MN
DMIR 409 fully loaded with taconite heads southbound. Note the steam from the taconite!
DMIR 409 leads a string of Mintac Loads southward.
As the day gets tired, BNSF 7660 and an EMD CSX continue to work west.
Elephant style GEs accelerate as they head west.
Rounding the curve at Mississippi. I got a few friendly horn chirps and a nice hand point and wave from the engineer as he went by.
One of two remaining DMIR units in maroon paint leads a train through Iron, MN and is about to pass under the HWY 37 overpass.
Rarely seen today this BN (not BNSF patched) locomotive is on the point of the Cass Lake local today. In just over six hours this train will head back west towards Grand Forks, ND. I met the cre... (more)
