Canadian National's L506 slowly rolls across the wooden trestle that spans Columbia Parkway as it makes its way over CP's Withrow Sub on the final leg of its journey into Minneapolis, Minnesota. A... (more)

A pair of GE's head towards the setting sun as they lead CSX manifest freight Q567 through Erie, Pennsylvania on a brisk January evening.

Empty ore train U716 rounds the bend in the morning sun as it comes off the Missabe Sub and down the connection to United Taconite's Fairlane Plant in Forbes, Minnesota for loading. A pair of form... (more)

A Railserve crew at the operation in Eddyville, Iowa switches out the yard on the south side of the industrial complex with a pair of LTEX GP's on a dreary December morning. Now a stub end yard, t... (more)

A pair of IHB GP's hustle a local job westbound through Pine Junction in Gary, Indiana as they return from Burns Harbor with a variety of steel and scrap cars in tow. The train will get back on ho... (more)

With a half loaded train of blast furnace trim from Minntac in tow, CN R901 cruises south over the St. Louis River in Forbes, Minnesota as they approach the North Fairlane control point. The trio ... (more)

The conductor guides the engineer back to a hitch as the engineer eases the Northern Lines Railway's pair of GP15's down the spur track to Renneberg Hardwoods in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. The crew w... (more)

As the sun sets on the Missabe and paints the sky brilliant shades of pink and purple, Bessemer & Lake Erie tunnel motor 906 leads the U716 with ore empties as it takes the diverging route at Sout... (more)

With a former UP snoot nose SD40-2 on the point, the RCPE's M AUMN train to Mankato holds the main in Tracy, Minnesota just east of the split between RCPE and CP trackage. This train is waiting fo... (more)

A pair of SD70ACe's lead a loaded coal train east outside of Avery, Iowa in the first minutes of morning sun, meeting a westbound empty coal train here at the Eddyville Spur connection.

It's a busy evening at the west end of CN's yard in Proctor, Minnesota as the E-Lead yard job shoves a cut of cars down the yard lead while three sets of empty ore trains wait to depart north back... (more)

A Kanawha River Terminal GP40-2LW rolls into the railroads Ceredo Dock facility in Ceredo, West Virginia with a string of empty coal hoppers brought from the interchange with CSX. The railroad is ... (more)

The Friends of the 261 North Pull Express makes its short run down the tracks from the Saint Paul Union Depot to the "North Pole" set up just east of the station. In the lead is the Nort... (more)

A pair of Canadian National Dash 8's are on the point of T-Bird ore shuttle U731 as it eases through the loader at the Thunderbird Mine in Eveleth, Minnesota. Heavy haul dump trucks like the one s... (more)

A pair of Canadian National Dash 8's are on the point of T-Bird ore shuttle U731 as it eases through the loader at the Thunderbird Mine in Eveleth, Minnesota. Heavy haul dump trucks like the one s... (more)