A brand new ET44C4 is on the point of the Empire Builder today, after making a brief station stop in St. Paul, #8 blasts through Hoffman on its way to Chicago. Taken while off duty, wearing full P... (more)

At the end of a long day the crew on this northbound manifest discuss the prospects of the coming evening while waiting to roll by a southbound train just outside of Dupo.

Back when she was relatively new, the MoPac Heritage unit waits for a new crew at Valmeyer on a lower priority intermodal train as the sun sits low in the sky.

On the inaugural run for Terry Respondek's Squaw Creek Southern, Terry himself cracks the throttle on #11 as the train crosses Cypress Creek on the way back to Yankeetown.

With a glorious sunset filling the sky, loaded oil can 562 accelerates east after getting the signal at Blackbird. Taken while off duty, wearing full PPE.

As always, Hoffman Ave. is a mess today. Here a UP train departs the Belt yard, and ties up the entire plant as they cross all the way over from the Belt to BN main 1. BNSF and CP trains are waiti... (more)

A couple of freshly painted RCP&E SD40-2's are in charge of todays 2H19. After getting GTB's at the depot, the crew highballs at Hastings. They don't have very far to go, the train will be yarded ... (more)

A couple of freshly painted RCP&E SD40-2's are in charge of todays 2H19. The conductor is inside the depot getting BNSF GTB's so they can continue on the joint track to St. Paul The CP GP20 will b... (more)

No fireworks for the maintenance crews at the diesel shop at St. Paul, their work must go on to keep the locomotives running. Here a couple of engines are serviced, including a BNSF SD70MAC and a ... (more)

On a hot summer morning, the conductor on H26 lines the 7 unit lashup down the lead at Humbolt. They will be taking 115 cars down the hill to St. Paul, then they'll take light power to the Koch re... (more)

On a stormy summer afternoon, the TC&W Glencoe Turn scoots out of town behind one of their CAT repowered geeps, just before the sky opens up on Minneapolis. The TC&W's former MILW main splits from... (more)

Early on a warm summer evening, the crew on H21 takes a quick breather after finishing their work spotting cars of newsprint for the Star Tribune, with the skyline of downtown Minneapolis looming ... (more)

Today's a hot one, and in the heat of the day, this commercial crew takes a short break before continuing the days work. They have just finished servicing a steel facility at the end of the line i... (more)

On a humid June morning, Amtrak's Empire Builder rounds the curve past the commercial's engine facilities, and heads for CP's Merriam Park Sub to reach SPUD. A couple a veteran B23-7's are getting... (more)

Before the High Speed: Today this track has been upgraded for 110 mph with heavy rail and concrete ties. 110 mph running is planned to be instated by 2017. In 2007 though, the Springfield S... (more)