A newer member of the BNSF family dusts off the rails with priority merchandise from Laurel, MT.

The snow was flying on the Staples Sub after over a foot fell earlier in the week.

Old Glory and a 4-8-4 on a crisp autumn day. What more could you want?

The Southern Pacific Daylight glides past the former Northern Pacific depot at Little Falls, Minnesota on its way to Minneapolis for a layover. The loco puts on a nice smoke show for the small gr... (more)

Putting on a great horn show for my 5y/o nephew that was standing next to me...

Lets just say the trip back home after this shot was a happy one. Today's builder, over 12 hours late, was falling farther and farther behind schedule because of problems out west, and the additi... (more)

Running about 10 hours late, The eastbound Empire Builder makes a rare afternoon appearance in Little Falls. I'd imagine that if on-board commentary were being given on the train, it would ... (more)

An eastbound manifest train passes by the historic Northern Pacific depot in Little Falls. The building, designed by Cass Gilbert in 1899, was extensively renovated following a fire in the 1970s a... (more)

The Empire Builder heads east under the Highway 10 overpass at Little Falls, Minnesota. I was rather happy to have the Builder as my first post of 2009.

Five GEs fly east under the old Soo Line bridge with a half loaded priority intermodal train.

An H-train moves across the bridge in Little Falls that marks the point at which BNSF's northern transcon crosses the Mississippi River.

Priority intermodal greets the day with less than the usual compliment of horsepower.

The end of a stack train streaks through downtown Little Falls on a chilly evening. The gates rise after protecting the grade crossing as a vintage street lamp illuminates the mural on a building... (more)

It seems Amtrak cannot escape the snow. The #8 is finally approaching Little Falls at 0948hrs. Typically, this train would be long gone before the sun rises in this area.

My first attempt on the old SOO Line Bridge located between Little Falls and Royalton yields BNSF 5424 as it heads west. This train would stop a short distance later near Gregory and wait for a co... (more)