With less than a week away from the official close of the Ford Motor Company's Twin Cities Assembly Plant, SOO 4598 leads the Ford Hauler with one of the last train loads of Ranger parts.
402 leads Mintac limestone empties back into the Proctor Yard.
Union Pacific #4014 departing St Paul Union Depot for its journey to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN
A father and his son watch a couple of Oakway's pass through University. Despite not being in the safest location the crew put on a little show for the small one.
Resting over the weekend but tomorrow SCXY 1363 will be hard at work. She was originally built as Great Northern GP-9 #676.
A UP train crawls through the streets of downtown Shakopee.
An eastbound track evaluation car train lead by CP 3013 passes through the western suburbs of Minneapolis.
4302 TC&W heads down the MN&S with 16 loads of fertilizer. To the right is the New Hope Ice Arena made famous 20 years ago by the 1992 movie "The Mighty Ducks".
Limestone empties pass under the former DW&P.
Late afternoon sun breaks through the storm clouds as NSM 655 leads a crude taconite train from Babbitt to the processing plant at Silver Bay on Lake Superior.
Grand Rapids stops in Carlton to pick up a single car.
BNSF 3181 leads a transfer into the Northtown yard with the Minneapolis Skyline as a back drop.
Limestone empties head back to Proctor.
Tailings empties return to the Silver Bay yard. NSM 653 pushes up the rear with 654 on the front end. Lake Superior can be seen on the horizon to the right.
TCW transfer passes by Target Field.