After shoving in the clear at Tower CK, the LTA41 crew puts their train away in UP's Winona Yard. The rail served Malteurop elevator looms in the background. Surprisingly, the UP's island operatio... (more)

LTS82 heads west with a single SD40N for power.

L1 north of Bloomer with PGR 41-43-40. The 41 and 43 are former UP SD45s that have been rebuilt into SD40M-2s. These two have only been on the property since 2018. The 40 is an SD39 built for the ... (more)

YSPMP takes down the signal at Midway as they head back to South St. Paul with manifest and intermodal from East Minneapolis. UP 1810 was built as the CNW 6888, and has no doubt taken many trains ... (more)

A 12 hour late ZEMCH rushes through Roberts. The plowed snow has created large snow piles, giving a good vantage point of the tracks.

Recently overhauled CP 6024 leads the Northfield over the Robert Street Lift Bridge. 6024 looks extra spiffy as it still retains its class lights and original number boards.

A bluebird and an ex 2010 Olympic Winter Games ES44 bring an eastbound manifest by Como.

UP 1878 and 1766 sandwich a single sand load for Cardinal Glass as they return east from Hudson.

Job 82 returns east to Altoona after picking up a couple of empty centerbeams from ABC in Hudson.

L517 approaches the New Richmond Autoport with a trio of SD60s for power. The crew only has 15 minutes left to work, and they'll be relived here by the L506 crew who will also set out 14 loaded au... (more)

The engineer brings his 5164 ton train of Dresser trap rock through Osceola on the westbound return trip to the Twin Cities. The engineer was friendly and gave a few blasts of the P5 horn. On the ... (more)

LTS82 returns to Altoona after working industries on the Chippewa Falls Sub and interchanging with the Wisconsin Northern at Norma. The Eau Claire River bridge was constructed in 1898, and housed ... (more)

A recently overhauled SD70AC leads a loaded coke train out of Eau Claire.

CP H37, the Northfield, crosses the Robert Street Lift Bridge with a pair of former Soo Line SD60s for power.

CN L506 is tied down at MP 429 on the Minneapolis Sub with an SD40u (SD40-2Q) and a C44-9WL. CN 6018 was picked up by this train at Northtown about a week earlier after it underwent an overhaul at... (more)