It's crew change time for E9 949, on the point of an Operation Lifesaver Special deadheading from Sheldon, Iowa to Mason City, Iowa.

A late running Amtrak Empire Builder has a BNSF SD40-2 on the point, following the season's first snowfall. The train is heading east on BNSF's Staples Sub main line.

A late running Amtrak Empire Builder has a BNSF SD40-2 on the point, following the season's first snowfall. The train is descending Short Line Hill on CP's former Milwaukee Road main line.

Milwaukee Road Skytop Cedar Rapids and Super Dome 53 bring up the rear of Amtrak's Empire Builder passing the concourse of the old St. Paul Union Depot.

One of the neatest railroad displays in the US greats motorists entering Nebraska from Iowa on I-80 in Omaha. Centennial 6900 and Big Boy 4023 are high on a bluff above the freeway welcoming trave... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder streaks by the downtown St. Paul skyline.

TC&W's St. Paul Transfer passes the steamboat "American Queen" docked in downtown St. Paul as a set of UP lite power stands aside.

A set of UP lite power passes the steamboat "American Queen" docked in downtown St. Paul as the conductor snaps his own photo of the boat.

BN's Hutch Local from Lyndale Jct. to Hutchinson crosses the Arcola Bridge along Lake Minnetonka on a frosty Nov. 25, 1975. The line has been abandoned, but the bridge remains without rails.

The Monticello Local makes a rare trip to Monticello to take cars out of the Xcel Energy Nuclear Plant that it left last week. The few trips made in late October were the first runs into Monticell... (more)

A train which detoured from Marquette, Iowa to the DM&E at Winona heads west on DM&E rails at Meriden as the sun sets and the moon rises. The train was detoured because of track work on IC&E's Mas... (more)

A loaded feeder train from Hutchins and Wesley snakes east through Britt with 75 brand new KCS hoppers. For more photos of this train see Craig Williams photos.

The cows have come home as an eastbound IC&E train with freshly painted SD40-2 6210 leading is about to leave trackage rights on the Iowa Northern and head onto IC&E rails at Nora Jct.

Five IANR GP38-2s head up a train heading through the cornfields southeast of Manly as the sun begins to set.

Soo F7 212B leads Superior, Wis., to Minneapolis train 77 past the depot at Frederic. This was a rare catch since this train normally ran at night. The line is now a bike trail, but the depot has ... (more)