On a gorgeous fall morning, an eastbound train crosses the wooden trestle over Sulphur Lake just west of Morton, MN.

After picking up some covered hoppers from the elevator at North Redwood, a Twin Cities & Western train backs toward the rest of its consist before continuing east toward Minneapolis.

On a crisp fall morning, an eastbound Twin Cities & Western train slowly rolls along rail laid down by the Minneapolis & St Louis Railway over 100 years ago.

Something is coming. A train because the signal indicates so and winter because of the snow falling.

Heading back to Keenan yard after finishing their work spotting boxcars and switching loads for empties at a blasting company.

Spotting boxcars for storage in the yard at Biwabik.

Blue skies, colorful leaves and steaming taconite pellets.

As the sun sets and the shadows get longer, CN 5349 calls to depart Minntac and head back to Proctor. Here they find a sliver of light at Noimi Jct. as the come off the Minntac Sub and get onto th... (more)

CP 8038 leads a westbound sand train past the former Milwaukee Road passenger station at Red Wing, MN. The station is still in use by Amtrak. CP 8038 is a rebuilt AC44CW, originally built in Augus... (more)

Hauling taconite pellets.

A good number of BN's business car fleet was housed at the BN station in Minneapolis between uses back in 1973. Office car Red River poses at the end of a platform on a rainy day in March 1973, fe... (more)

Twin Cities & Western GP38-2 2014 heads up a trio of their power on a transfer job ready to across the Mississippi River in St. Paul after interchanging cars with Union Pacific in South St. Paul. ... (more)

As they climb the grade into Allen Jct. they are also slowing for a meet and greet with an empty coming up from Two Harbors, MN on this cold day.

A nice power set for the T-Bird on this day.

KCS 4585 leads a CPKC freight west along the Mississippi River at Maple Springs, MN, headed for St. Paul. The Wisconsin shoreline and bluffs are in the background. Maple Springs is between Read's ... (more)