Seeing these units from one of the final orders of locomotives delivered to the Santa Fe before the merger is always bittersweet. Nineteen years ago this was the pride of the Superfleet.

Four P42s put on a good smoke show as they accelerate the eastbound Empire Builder out of Detroit Lakes.

A Soo Line SD60 leads an eastbound through Belgrade on a nice December afternoon.

For a brief moment, the sun shines through the clouds as the 290 rushes east.

As snow continues to fall, a westbound grain train sits at the west end of Glenwood Yard, waiting for a crew. The middle of January? Nope! Columbus Day! Photo was taken at a public grade cross... (more)

A perfectly clear winter morning finds two Soo Line veterans leading an eastbound grain train across Minnesota.

Pacing two EMD's on a beautiful sunny day. It's good to see these workhorses back out on the high iron!

In one of the most spectacular displays of modern railroading I've ever witnessed, two loaded UP trains drag race up the hill out of Coal Creek Jct in notch 8.

A frosty faced CP 6228, one of CP's recently repainted Soo Line SD60s, looms out of the fog in Brooten as it heads east with a rail train.

A Geep mingles with CP 6038, one of two SD40-2's assigned as power to the Jordan spreader in the background. It will no doubt be put to good use as Minnesota and the Dakotas got hammered with wel... (more)

Six units lead a 292 train out of Glenwood on a cold January morning. In the distance, a utility man checks the train from the warmth of his truck, looking and listening for any signs of an air l... (more)

An eastbound rolls through Belgrade on a sunny but cold November day with rp.net contributor Jeff Terry at the throttle.

A fast moving westbound Z train flies over Lake Ashtabula on the large bridge just west of Luverne, ND.

An eastbound with a leaser on the point appears out of the fog and enters the yard at Glenwood East. Click here to see this locat... (more)

A long Jamestown local behind classic EMD power crosses the Sheyenne River valley on the huge Hi-Line bridge. Notice how this end of the bridge has been modified and reinforced in recent years. ... (more)