A trio of spotless rebuilt SD40-2's, UP 1926-1556-1848, serve as the helpers for an eastbound loaded coke train. On the Altoona Sub, helpers are used on heavy eastbound trains to mainly assist wit... (more)

A grungy UP GEVO leads engineering special PSEGD2-13 through Roberts with 8 passenger cars in tow. Sunny morning eastbounds happen once, maybe twice a year on the Altoona Sub so it was a must catc... (more)

A former Southern Pacific C44AC glows in the late evening sun as it leads loaded frac sand train MALMCS westward. These heavy sand trains were fun to watch since they usually had a set of four big... (more)

The Amtrak Exhibit Train made its first appearance in Minnesota for Union Depot's "Train Days." P40DC #822 was providing HEP to the train for the whole weekend instead of the generator e... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder has just departed St Paul Union Depot and is on its way to the next station stop in Red Wing MN.

The Twin Cities & Western arrives at CP's St. Paul Yard with one of the new GP38-2's and a GP15C (CAT) for power. The 2010 actually started out life as a N&W GP38AC. The UP transfer for East Minne... (more)

A Heritage 2 SD60M brings up the markers of a westbound work train as it heads back to Daytons Bluff Yard.

MNNR 43 and 44 are on Union Pacific rails as they lead the weekly job to Bayport down into the St. Croix river valley.

A pair of former Santa Fe B23-7's shove the weekly Bayport job through downtown Bayport, MN.

Soo Line FP7 #2500-A was brought down from Duluth to celebrate Union Depot Train Days. This was the locomotive's first time visiting the depot since the 1960's, when it served in passenger service... (more)

The classic cab of Soo Line FP7 #2500-A provides a sharp contrast from today's modern locomotives.

Two SD40N's and a SD40-2 serve as the helpers for an eastbound coke train. It's always a refreshing sight to see standard cab EMD's out on the main.

One of Hunter's most recent changes was to combine the BN-CP and St Paul transfer. Now the train sets out cars at the MNNR yard before continuing on to BNSF's Northtown yard. Here it is heading to... (more)

A trio of CSX GEVOs haul a loaded phosphate train westward over the Altoona Sub. I'm not sure what the story behind this train is as it's the first phosphate train that I've seen on the Altoona Su... (more)

Norfolk Southern recently announced that they plan to phase out almost all RoadRailers by the end of 2015. Now is the time to get your shots...