Above average temperatures and little snowfall have made for some fog filled nights as evident by the beams from the signals at Noimi Jct. on the CN Minntac Sub. A CN mixed freight is northbound ... (more)

The sun has now dipped below the horizon and thus brings to the end the first day of 2024 as a trio of BLE motors glide along on the southbound trip back to Proctor with 137 cars of taconite pelle... (more)

IC 6255 makes good time with a taconite train out of Fairlane, MN heading to Proctor and the Duluth ore dock. It's crossing the Whiteface River on the formerly double tracked DM&IR mainline, now s... (more)

CP 8906 leads an eastbound train through the late fall subtle colors along the upper Mississippi River valley at Covill, MN just southeast of Red Wing. The trackage is the former Milwaukee Road ma... (more)

BN 1553, former GN 653, was built in March 1953 and sits at Harrison St., Minneapolis, between assignments in GN's simplified scheme. The loco operated longhand front, and featured a small snowplo... (more)

UP comes down off the Belt and into Hoffman Yard.

BLE 909 leads an empty limestone train south at Munger, MN where the former Missabe mainline from Iron Jct. to Proctor, MN goes under the former DW&P main from Virginia, MN to Nopeming Jct., MN. C... (more)

BN 3024, former CB&Q 624, sits at the former GN Harrison St. roundhouse in Minneapolis, MN. The unit has had its Mars light removed which was becoming pretty common for former Burlington power by ... (more)

TCRT 1300 waiting for departure at Linden Hills Station in Minneapolis.

A pair of dash 7s switch Midway Yard in St. Paul.

S CHCTAC slowly works its way upgrade at Jackson Street with three different BNSF schemes on the head end, just before the shadows crept in.

The St. Paul turn heads upgrade at Jackson Street with a matched set of TCW GP38-2s.

With 6 loads of lumber and drywall from the CP interchange, Progressive Rail SW1500 34 rolls east through Bloomington, Minnesota south of the Twin Cities. The train is getting off the main and hea... (more)

Fall colors and rain greet the local crew as they leave Andersen Corp. in Bayport, MN to return to Menomonie, WI and ultimately Altoona Yard. The rebuilt SD40-2s are some of the best looking UP po... (more)

A pair of CPKC EMDs lead hotshot train #148 through Westminster. Leader being a heritage ACU, trailer a KCS MAC.