Steam vs Diesel. Southern Pacific 4449 steams passed a departing BNSF freight.

Getting ready to depart Babbitt with 146 loads for Silver Bay.

A couple of BNSF switchers shove several gondolas of railroad ties into a local industry.

The Lake Shore Limited backs in to Union Station.

The Empire Builder #8 comes into Whitefish five hours late. The Amtrak staff at the depot reported mechanical issues back in Seattle as the reason.

Crews work through the night to repair the rail through the Wayzata derailment site. While having a derailment in the middle of a populated location could have been really bad, it made it really e... (more)

A railroad worker "flags" the crossing.

Solid maroon (DMIR 200, 215 and 210) crossing the Cloquet River under the last rays of late afternoon sun. Minutes prior this scene was cloudy.

Hawaii’s railroading beginnings are often credited to the Island of Kauai, whose first opened in 1881 on three miles of narrow-gauge track at the Kilauea Plantation to haul sugar cane. By 1915 t... (more)

CP Tech Train (2TEC-29) lead by CP 2286 finishes its run across the Paynesville sub. Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church is sporting a fancy new fire pit built late last fall.

As part of the massive double tracking project up Steelton Hill in Duluth, CN is building new bridge over 108th Ave West. The old bridge and track alignment can be seen in the background.

CN (DMIR) 404 leads IC 6252 with empty mini-quads to be loaded with limestone. Lake Superior and Duluth's famous Aerial Lift Bridge can be seen in the background.

Early morning at Darling on BNSF's Seligman Sub with the San Francisco Peaks in the background.

2010 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train making its 3rd stop of the night in Annandale.

Between Watkins and Kimball, Minnesota, the Royal Canadian Pacific heads westward into the sunset.