Empties from Silver Bay are heading back to Babbit for another load. Lake Superior is just visable on the horizon.

Empty oil cans race up the Mississippi River Valley before dawn on BNSF rails.

Union Pacific's Belt Yard in Saint Paul is busy with activity early on a Monday morning. A pair or light SD40-2s rolls into the North end of the yard while a SD60M leads a short frieght into the ... (more)

Barn Bluff offers a good view of Red Wing and the eastbound Empire Builder pulling into the station.

A manifest heads east through Eau Claire, WI past the former Uniroyal tire plant. The plant was once the largest employer in Eau Claire and had rail service from the CNW, Milwaukee Road, and Soo ... (more)

A UP employee appreciation special crosses bridge in Chippewa Falls. Half of the bridge was destroyed in fire which is why there are two types of bridge spans seen here. This train originated in... (more)

The view from the bluffs makes downtown Alma, WI look a bit like a model railroad. An empty oil train heads west led a the NS Interstate heritage unit.

A BNSF freight train rolls past the Dairyland Power Cooperative in Alma, WI.

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

The sun poked through with seconds to spare for a sharp looking pair of INRD SD9043MACs. This empty coke train is headed for Flint Hills Resources in Rosemount, MN.

A five pack of SD40-2s rolls through the Winona State University campus in Winona, MN. A portion of the long abandoned C&NW bridge across the Mississippi River can be seen just to the right of th... (more)

INRD power crawls across the Robert Street Lift Bridge in downtown Saint Paul with coke empties for the Flint Hills Resources plant in Rosemount, MN.

Indiana Rail Road power rolls up river bound for Flint Hills Resources in Rosemount, MN and another load of coke. Taken from John Latsch State Park.

A pre-dawn hike up Brady's Bluff outside Trempealeau, WI yielded 9 trains in one hour. In this shot a BNSF coal train is pacing the CP freight visable across the river.

CP and BNSF trains meet at Dayton's Bluff while a loaded coke train led by two SOO SD60s waits for things to clear. Amtrak's Empire Builder is also barely visible waiting behind the coke train.