The Empire Builder loans power from BNSF, limping the train eastbound over six hours late into Saint Paul.

One of Hunter's most recent changes was to combine the BN-CP and St Paul transfer. Now the train sets out cars at the MNNR yard before continuing on to BNSF's Northtown yard. Here it is heading to... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 and the CP Holiday Train meet up at St. Paul Union Station. The Holiday Train was making a Shoreham (Minneapolis) to SPUD round trip; 261 was departing on its 7:30 run to the &... (more)

Rock Island 4201 and 4206 idle at their Inver Grove, MN diesel facilities south of St. Paul in July 1973. The two units show their Rio Grande heritage, former DRGW 5102 and 5110 respectively. The ... (more)

The Empire Builder departs Union Depot nearly 13 hours late with a reverse consist and no baggage car. A pair of Wisconsin derailments at Alma and Watertown forced Amtrak to get creative g... (more)

PacMan SD40-2s move in the afternoon at Pig's Eye.

Leaving Pig's Eye.

The St. Paul Tunnels: The BNCP transfer is Popping out of a tunnel that looks more at home in Southern Missouri, Northern Arkansas, or Kentucky, rather than downtown St. Paul, MN. BNCP is b... (more)

Something I never really figured I would ever shoot again, A pair of Cascade Green & White SD60M's solo power on a train, well I lucked out. Today's BNCP rolls along the shops at CP's Pigseye yard... (more)

Rock Island GP40 384 along with a GP7 and U25B idle between assignments at their Twin Cities facility located at Inver Grove south of St. Paul. The yellow nose paint was an influence of Union Paci... (more)

After shoving their train in at Dunn, the TC&W runs light power down R5 and will head over to the swamp tracks to get their pick up. The hump has just cleared the lead on R4, and is almost finishe... (more)

Three BNSF motors lead an endless string of grain hoppers as it snakes through Hoffman Ave, eastbound, on a cool fall morning, the St. Paul skyline in the distance. Harvest season is still in full... (more)

A brand new ET44C4 is on the point of the Empire Builder today, after making a brief station stop in St. Paul, #8 blasts through Hoffman on its way to Chicago. Taken while off duty, wearing full P... (more)

A new BNSF GE ET44C4 covers for one of the usual P42DCs on the eastbound Empire Builder seen here beginning the descent down Shot Line Hill in St. Paul.