After a weekend ice storm that resulted in hundreds of vehicles going in the ditch, power outages, and some beautiful scenery... the BNSF M-SUPGFD is the only thing not covered in white on this fr... (more)

Tied down, shut down, but looking great in the afternoon sun as amber waves of grain do just that.

As summer comes to an end... the leaves just start with a hint of fall color as this coal train hits the grade crossing as a truck slows for the wait. Judging by the skid marks on the road, a few... (more)

A different view of the Robert Street Lift Bridge as seen from my motel room. I was put up at the Crowne Plaza in St. Paul for a conference last week. The view was amazing. From my motel room I... (more)

The BNSF 9337 is tied down under the stars in the yard waiting for a crew to take them to Cohasset. The train would be a fun chase in the morning after the sun came up. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Cass Lake, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 9337
Train ID: C-COBDKM
Photo Date: September 04, 2007

As the last rays of sun try to burn through the thick humidity of a 100F degree day in Minnesota, one of only a handful of SOO SD60M's rolls through Newport. The shot wasn't ruined by the open do... (more)

Screaming down the Staples Sub towards downtown Minneapolis, the first train on Sunday is running right on time. The train was screaming down the line, with the horn sounding like a Canadian Goos... (more)

The beauty of this location can only really be seen in person, but this wider shot shows the river banks of the St. Louis River. If one is adventurous there is ample room to camp and fish, all wh... (more)

A semi-side shot of a SD40-2R compared to a SD40-2. Glad I went out to bag this sucker. The weeds and embankment of the railbed are all between the narrows of Cass Lake and Pike Bay.

Winter 2008-2009 has been pretty brutal across northern Minnesota... no exception today as wind driven snow continues to drift along the Staples Sub. Windchills much of the day were near 50 degre... (more)

Finally... some non-coal action. Brrrrrrrr is all I think of when I look back on this shot. The frostnip was only painful for a few minutes.

With Lake Superior as the backdrop, the A-B-B-B crew rolls through the loops.

After stopping to make sure there was ample sun for the photographer line, the A-B-B-B-A lash up rolls towards the harbor.

The first outbound train of the day kicks up some light powder as it rolls passed a yard switcher and about to pass under the Canadian Pacific. These trains are a great addition to the already bu... (more)

In a scene that is played out time after time on the busy Staples Sub in Western Minnesota, a BNSF coal empty rolls west as the pipeline of coal continues to flow east. The second and third units... (more)