It is a hot and humid day in the Twin Cities with storms approaching from the northeast. Typically the eastbound Empire Builder is through Minnesota and Wisconsin into the Chicago area by ... (more)

After being freshly refueled, two bright red Soo Line SD60's face north over the Easter holiday weekend with a short set of cars in tow.

At the end of Minnesota Northern's Warroad subdivision, a lot of old railroad equipment can be found, with GP9 #1383 as no exception. The Burlington Northern style station sign has slowly weather... (more)

The 5:27pm northbound train from Target Field heads through NE Minneapolis and past the General Mills Purity Oats Plant, one of the only remaining active businesses that still present in the vibra... (more)

Locomotive set #62009, a X62 electric passenger train built by Alstom in Salazgitter, Germany (thanks to Jan Lindahl for the information), occupies a shop track outside the new Norrtåg shop in th... (more)

The Trail Turn arrives back into Thief River Falls where it originated and crosses over the Red Lake River in the city' downtown. This as needed train exchanges empty open hoppers for loaded grav... (more)

Wisconsin & Southern's T006 from the Madison yard to Janesville departs southbound over east Washington Avenue about to cross over Dickinson Street.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train makes its yearly stop in downtown Thief River Falls for its fifth performance of the day. The train made a complete day traveling up the Detroit Lakes subdivisi... (more)

It's early spring in Northwestern Minnesota - apparent through the lack of color. The Minnesota Northern is prepared for the trip to Roseau with a string of BGSX hoppers bound for the Strata Corp... (more)

The second-to-last Northstar commuter train from Target Field to Big lake throttles up as it hits the mainline from the Harrison St./Minneapolis Jct. wye.

The power comprising the Minnesota Northern Warroad Local lays over during the weekend in western Thief River Falls on the wye tracks. This part of the Minnesota Northern is as close to a yard as... (more)

The evening sun on a pretty spectacular summer day in northwestern Minnesota brings out some brilliant color in not only the sky and vegetation, but in Minnesota Northern's GP10 #1380 seen here li... (more)

On a great start to a November day, the Empire Builder heads east from the Midway depot over the Snelling Ave. bridge on the Merriam Park Sub. seen here at the Ayd Mill Rd. & Selby Ave. intersecti... (more)

The Empire Builder approaches the La Crosse Amtrak station after entering Wisconsin over the Mississippi and Black River bridges.

The westbound Empire Builders hauls at track speed a few miles out of Columbus, Wisconsin.