The MNNR sand train is now harder to catch due to its random schedule. Here we see two freshly repainted ex LMS units (shovers) leading the consist back to the MNNR after lengthy delays.

After shipping too much sand for a plant that hasn't been built yet, the once weekly sand trains have become much harder to catch.

Whether it be by river or rail the tonnage always seems to be moving along here. As a towboat is pushing barges a UP freight train rumbles eastbound underneath the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood and... (more)

A trio of maroon and gold from the Twin Cities and Western wait for a signal to proceed through the Minnesota Commercial yard on the way to the CP Pig's Eye yard and the UP yard in St. Paul.

Sitting in the small yard on a Saturday morning doing nothing much at all.

A pair of Alcos picking up a transfer cut pause next to a pair for ex-C&NW SD18s.

A TC&W transfer to both the UP and CP Railways sneaks under the St. Paul skyline and above a temporarily quiet road as they travel along the Mississippi River to their destinations.

Even for the casual railfan this is THE place to watch trains in the mornings, high atop all the action from the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood. Here a transfer led by ICE 6408 splits a UP coal empty... (more)

A CAT powered transfer from the TC&W inches along the Merriam Park Sub passing the Minnesota Commercial yard and offices on their way to CP Rail's Pigs Eye yard.

A CAT powered transfer from the TC&W inches along the Merriam Park Sub. under the St. Paul skyline but above the vehicle traffic on Warner Road as they head to CPR Pigs Eye Yard.

TCW GP30C No. 4300 (ex-Soo Line; repowered with a Caterpillar diesel) shoves a cut of cars into the Union Pacific's yard at Western Avenue before heading into Canadian Pacific's St. Paul Yard.

As the morning shadows retreat and commuters head into the city for work, an all-rail taconite train originating on Minnesota's Iron Range and loaded at U.S. Steel's Keewatin Taconite plant makes... (more)

Another perfect early morning standing atop Daytons Bluff over looking the tracks waiting for a train to come.

Four old GE's from the Minnesota Commercial Railroad thunder through the BNSF intermodal yard at Midway with a 90 car sand train for interchange with the BNSF in St. Paul where it will in turn hea... (more)

A Twin Cities & Western transfer from St. Paul heads west along Warner Road and downtown St. Paul and the construction site known as SPUD or St. Paul Union Depot which Amtrak will call home when i... (more)