With the fall colors nearly peak, three NSM units coast downhill into Silver Bay with the 11am loads.

Right behind Amtrak is a priority Z train.

Just over 6 hours late, the Empire Builder heads east towards its next stop at St. Cloud, Mn

Three EMDs head up todays 490. A CP SD40-2 a SOO SD60 and SD60M.

In a view from Skyline Drive, one gets an eyeful. First, you see a CN ore train in the process of running the power around to unload onto TWO ships at the dock. Across the port, over in Superior... (more)

Hoping for an even more spectacular lashup that day on the Detroit Lakes Sub, i ended up settling for this one. Two visiting GE's from Thief River Falls yard head south toward Hazel to pick up 10... (more)

All it takes is two EMD's to power this 8100 ft long 291 train north out of Alex. The fall colors are in full effect, but because CP used some sort of vegetation destroying chemical, it looks lik... (more)

The great port cities of Duluth, Mn and Superior, Wi. Two ships are loaded with iron ore from northern Minnesota, while in the distance, a MERC coal train from the Powder River Basin unloads in S... (more)

Just like clockwork, loads that departed Babbitt Mine at 11 am make their way past Toimi, Mn just over an hour later behind a trio of EMDs.

There are very few stretches that a person can still find miles of codeline, but the Morris Sub in far western Minnesota is one of those places. The RRVW heads out onto BNSF tracks as it heads so... (more)

A couple GE's bring their train through Alexandria. The steel girder is the bridge over Minnesota Highway 27. From ground level, a person wouldn't think this is a 25 mph curve, but with some ele... (more)

A Twin Cities & Western freight chugs its way under an old rural overpass, on its way through Granite Falls.

A mixed train of rock, grain, and sand fly by me at a blistering 5 mph. They're just a few miles out of Granite Falls, and the end of my Saturday morning chase.

The quiet small town of Milan, MN is disturbed by the roar of a couple Cat powered geeps. They are now up to 25mph as they glide past the elevator and past some parked grain cars.

Thinking I'd find nothing on a Saturday along the Twin Cities & Western, i was surprised with not only a TC&W train, but also an empty BNSF coal train. Here, a couple Cat powered geeps pull their... (more)