Four SOO's leading a rock train west on the Paynesville sub through the Minneapolis suburb of New Hope. SOO 6023, SOO 6059, SOO 6024 and SOO 6047. Thanks for Mark Lynn for the intel.

Blast furnace trim (BFT) from the Mountain Iron Minntac facility headed for the ore docks at Two Harbors.

Been a while now that we have seen two maroon Missabe units running the Keenan Switch on the Range, but back in the day this was all you would see.

Expecting BNSF and got CN. Hard to escape the mighty CN in the Twin Ports. Apparently Two Harbors is full so some Minntac taconite loads are being brought to Allouez instead.

Soo Line 2500 glows in the afternoon sunlight above the Knife River with a recreated ore train. This was a special photo charter organized by Steve Glischinski.

DSS&A 101, with the Railfan Weekend photo charter, crosses the Knife River.

The last tunnel motor in Missabe maroon on the CN roster leads an empty taconite train back to Minntac facility in Mountain Iron, MN for loading.

CP 8743 and leaser CITX 3090 pass under Interstate 494 otherwise known as "CP Heney" to the Canadian Pacific.

The infamous Oakways pass through University Junction along with an unknown railfan up on the University Avenue overpass.

SOO 6051 heads back to the CP Shoreham yard with a healthy cut of cars from the BNSF.

Twin Cities Lines PCC 322 poses for night photos under the William Berry Bridge along the shores of Lake Harriet. TCRT built most of its own streetcars in its own shops (31st Street in Minneapolis... (more)

DM&IR 193 leads the nearly full Pumpkin Special train heads out of the yard at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth for the the special pumpkin patch where kids can pick their own special p... (more)

SOO 6054, SOO 6038 and CN 8895 on 372 with 77 loads.

CN 2690 crosses the St. Louis river on the double decker Oliver Bridge.

Westbound freight through downtown Red Wing.