A trio of BNSF SD40-2s on the Dilworth road freight meet the eastbound St. Cloud local with a pair or rebuilt 4-axles. Five EMD standard cabs in a perfect meet on the mainline in 2018, who would'v... (more)

If you can beleive it, "Cascade Green" has lasted 50 years. Slowly but surely, what remains of BN some 25 years after the BNSF merger is going away. Green SD60Ms weren't too hard to find a few yea... (more)

Duluth & Northeastern #28 runs her second ever public excursion on the North Shore Scenic Railroad in torrential rainfall. The #28's restoration took six years and over $750,000 to complete. ... (more)

A trio of cascade green SD40-2s head up the Dilworth to Northtown manifest entering Clear Lake, MN. These units came due for their 92-day inspection, which is done in Northtown. BNSF catered to... (more)

A pair of new Siemens ALC-42s lead the eastbound Empire Builder, running just over 2hrs late out of St Cloud.

A trio of BNSF SD40-2s round the gentle elevated curve out of Clear Lake headed east for BNSF's Northtown Yard.

A perfect trio of matching cascade green SD40-2s dating to the early 1970s make their way east on the Grand Forks to Northtown freight a couple of hours after sunrise. They were making every bi... (more)

A trio of BNSF SD40-2s and a BNSF SD70MAC escape severe thunderstorms to the south and east as it heads for Dilworth.

A surprise on an intermodal, a pair of SD60Ms transfer a train of stacked containers from St. Paul to Staples to receive newer road power for the rest of the trip.

Four standard-cab EMDs command the second section of the Grand Forks, ND to Northtown Yard manifest around the elevated curve in Clear Lake, kicking up snow along the way. In the age of PTC, se... (more)

A trio of BNSF EMDs hustles uphill around the curve entering the town of Lincoln. The power barely fits in a sucker hole of sunlight. The third unit is a GP38-2B.

Canadian Pacific 6644 ("D-Day Salute") on display for Union Depot Train Days (2021).

Duluth & Northeastern #28 leads DM&IR #193 and seven passenger cars back west to Duluth after turning on the wye in Two Harbors. This trip was the 28's second ever excursion trip to Two Harbors... (more)

A pair of vintage C44-9Ws lead a mixed freight past vintage BN signals on a warm spring afternoon. BNSF has slowly upgraded the C44-9Ws in BNSF's original scheme (H1/Heritage 1) with PTC and br... (more)

An Amtrak extra headed to Chicago. This train set was running the schedule of Amtrak 7/27. However, reports of an avalanche on Marias Pass terminated the train in Shelby MT. Instead of stagi... (more)