Pulled out of helper service, a greasy 4305 leads the 4407 as the ML rips through the Reed Point curves towards Laurel.

Not the leader I was hoping for, but nevertheless the Keenan Road Switch heads back to its namesake from Minntac. As a consolation, the #5626 is the class unit of CN SD75I's,

There's no mistaking those bodies...

Pellet train bound for U-Tac departs on an unusually warm November day.

Relaxing in the facility.

CN land barge leaving the Lake Superior Basin north for Canada by way of Steelton Hill.

Brainerd Local throttles up to 60 mph as they leave town.

Son of WC engineer Dave Schultz, James carries on the tradition, and will soon be an engineer on the Missabe (CN)

Although the code line was classic, there have been some advantages to them being removed, this shot being one of them. A nice sandwich of who bough who descends the Minntac Sub onto the Missabe S... (more)

What the eff... Any true Missabe fan knows A. Where this was taken, and B. Something is odd. A CP re-route heads up the Missabe Sub through Saginaw.

First E-Rail of the year struggles to regain 40 mph just south of Rockmont. This was basically a "free" shot, if you will. My other shots were planned and when I realized they were going slow enou... (more)

A single Missabe unit MRF?! No, but the next best thing! The MRHS's SD-M glides through the woods on its way to Marbles to swap 8 hoppers for 50ish coal cars.

After all the photographers piled back on board, these classic EMD's blasted off towards one more spot. Knife River is a beautiful little town.

All is quiet now, as a few passerby take notice of a hulking train passing them. In December however, the tracks the train is directly on, from the pole with the sign all the way back to the end o... (more)

BNSF all-rail heads south for a meet at Wolf, having just departed Minntac.