A well-timed gap in the dark cloud-cover provides some nice light on two grounded trains in Canadian Pacific's Thief River Falls yard. With the Canadian Pacific's employee strike north of the bor... (more)

At the end of the Progressive Rail yard in Randolph, MN sits CEFX 1505, a MPI switch locomotive that sits surrounded by grass and weeds, not to mention a bunch of random items, like an outside lou... (more)

Oof....the SW1 leased by Malt One, a grain elevator within the CPR Shoreham Yard, is looking pretty rough. This thing is commonly seen from the popular railfan hangout at station sign University,... (more)

New station, new train, what is there not to like about passenger railroad service in northern Sweden? SJ 580 from Stockholm to Umeå Central glides into the ultra modern Umeå Östra Station at ... (more)

The Empire Builder leaves downtown St. Paul departing Union Depot 48 minutes late bound for Red Wing amongst other destinations along the Mississippi River, Wisconsin, and Illinois.

The Empire Builder arrives into the Grand Forks station past the "West Grand Forks" station sign 11 hours, 41 minutes late greeted by passengers exclaiming their relief! The train original... (more)

The Empire Builder running just over 10 hours takes the west leg of the wye at DL Switch transitioning from the Devils Lake subdivision to the Hillsboro subdivision. In a matter of meters ... (more)

The Independent Locomotive Service Holt shop scene includes works in progress and current ILSX units. First in line is former BNSF/HLLX 6964 which was on the Minnesota Northern the previous week,... (more)

Noses Lots of foreign power lays over the Thief River Falls yard, which is owned by Canadian Pacific, formerly the Soo Line, but you would not know it in this moment. The pair of CS... (more)

The headlamps of Amtrak P42DC locomotive #25 illuminate the path ahead as the engineer prepares to throttle up the eastbound Empire Builder through the FO Switch down the Hillsboro subdivis... (more)

NPR 3502 and a four pack of former UP tunnel motors wait for CP 299 to clear the Thief River Falls yard before entering and retrieving empty grain hoppers for the elevators along the Wheat Line in... (more)

Regarded as the worst blizzard of the 2013-2014 winter season, winds gust whipping newly accumulated snow around the Thief River Falls area. Amongst the storm, Canadian Pacific trains still trave... (more)

The engineering crew on board the westbound Empire Builder have quite the view over the Wisconsin River during the Wisconsin Dells station stop. Summer was in full swing, busy, and rather ... (more)

Train R10 makes a station stop at the Oslo International Airport station bound for Skien from Lillehammer. This train is using newly acquired Stadler Flirt electric units that entered revenue ser... (more)

ILSX 1354, ex-IAIS 495, sits on the diamond over the weekend in its new paint scheme, painted by Northern Plains Railroad Services in Fordville, ND. This locomotive spent the winter at the new In... (more)