This looks like a Union Pacific SD60M, but closer inspection reveals that it has been re-lettered for current owner Manning Rail. This shortline operates over just a handful of miles of a former C... (more)

The economic recession and subsequent traffic downturn has finally forced the CP to place a number of locomotives in storage, including this line of 27 (some not pictured) Soo Line SD60's and 60M'... (more)

The sun rises on a perfect spring morning, fog lifts off the fields, a train horn pierces the peace and quiet, and "it is well with my soul" for a few minutes.

A westbound RCPE train is being tied down in the distance as the remnants of a recent derailment await further cleanup in the small town of Elkton, SD.

A spiderweb for you on Halloween, although this shot was taken in June a few years ago: fog is lifting and condensation covers everything, including a spider's handiwork as a westbound BNSF interm... (more)

Melting snow leaves this rotary on the sidelines to await the next call to duty. This is the last rotary snow plow that ALCO built, delivering it to Northern Pacific back in 1937.

After waiting for nearly 2 hours at this usually busy location without a train and just as my wife called to say she was done shopping and on her way to pick me up, this railfan's fortunes changed... (more)

A young woman snaps a picture of her ride as the eastbound Empire Builder arrives in West Glacier, MT.

An overview of the diesel shops at Bailey Yard from the Golden Spike Tower on a nice summer morning.

Amtrak 90 sits on the house track in Lincoln after being damaged in a fatal grade crossing accident involving a flatbed semi on the previous day while leading the eastbound Empire Builder. The co... (more)

An aerial view of part of the line of stored Soo Line SD60s at Glenwood. Click here to see a shot of the locomotives at ground le... (more)

Two tier 4 demonstrators sit on the servicing tracks in Willmar after bringing a train in off of the Morris Sub earlier in the day.

The giant DMIR 227 Yellowstone and the original EF1 electric MILW 10200 stand in the afternoon sun under the trainshed in Duluth, but it's trains of the wooden variety that have my children's atte... (more)

With several days of fog, virtually no wind, and below freezing temperatures, the frost is as thick as I've ever seen it, evidenced by this broom and shovels at the west end of Glenwood Yard. The... (more)

Finding one rotary in Willmar a few weeks prior to this was a treat (click here to see that image). Having the 972554 joined by h... (more)