On a great start to a November day, the Empire Builder heads east from the Midway depot over the Snelling Ave. bridge on the Merriam Park Sub. seen here at the Ayd Mill Rd. & Selby Ave. intersecti... (more)

A scene that will soon be extinct: the Ford Motor Company announced that the official closing date for the St. Paul Ford Ranger Plant is December 19, 2011. On a quite Sunday morning, the Ford Yar... (more)

Arriving into St. Paul/Minneapolis (MSP) at 2:50pm, 7 hours and 26 minutes late, the eastbound Empire Builder performs the station stop at Midway Depot.

7 hours and 26 minutes late, the Empire Builder continues over the University Avenue overpass bridge in the Midway/Merriam Park areas of Saint Paul. Down below the central corridor light rail pro... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder cruises just yards from Newport past the commanding Gerdau Steel Mill. After some city boundary analysis, I got clarity knowing this bridge is within Saint Paul. I w... (more)

Former Milwaukee Road #474, now Soo Line #1540, is paired with CP 1404 with the duty of switching and creating trains at the Canadian Pacific Humboldt Yard. I am definitely enjoying seeing as many... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder cruises under the bluffs in downtown St. Paul. The train will enjoy traveling along the Mississippi River until La Crosse, Wisconsin.

#1971 sorts cars in the MNNR Midway Yard seen here from the Amtrak Midway Depot platform.

A total SOO Line scene is only enhanced by the bandit #2010 paired with SOO 4419 working the Humboldt yard in extreme northwest Minneapolis.

The October 9, 2011 edition of the southbound CP 490, sits over a mile north of Mahnomen, MN, with speculation that a crew member reached the maximum hours on-duty, so in the meantime, the enginee... (more)

The Empire Builder exits over the south side of the Mississippi River Lift Bridge that still bears signs of its Milwaukee Road heritage. Next stop: Red Wing, MN.

For the Minnesota Commercial, this variety of pretty rare power is typical, not to mention looks good in the morning sunlight. The rail in the foreground is jointly utilized by the Canadian Pacif... (more)

The Empire Builder comes off of the BNSF St. Paul Subdivision via Park Junction in order to reach Midway Depot, seen here two hours late. In the top left corner is some Union Pacific power hangin... (more)

For all intents and purposes, nothing in this scene says anything other than SOO LINE. This set of bright red SOO SD60's eases by the Humboldt Yard office on its way west with ballast from the Dr... (more)

In a series of westbounds on the BNSF St. Paul Sub., BNSF 4327 passes Union Junction where a cut-off track connects this subdivision with the BNSF Midway Sub./MNNR Midway Yard.