4014 races south from the twin ports back to the Twin Cities to continue its tour across the Midwest.

Minnesota's last cascade green SD60M leads the Grand Forks to Northtown mixed freight around the elevated curve in Clear Lake. A few years ago, there was a bountiful number of BN painted SD60Ms... (more)

BNSF C44-9W #789 in warbonnet paint leads the Amtrak Empire Builder to Chicago. Blizzard conditions in Montana may have contributed not only to the 5-hour delay but also the need to have the locom... (more)

With temps near 40 degrees, Amtrak 8 runs 4 hours behind left-handed around road foreman on Valentine's Day 2017.

On a frigid day in Minnesota, a trio of SD40-2s on a throwback to that of 20 years ago this week, as it was the first week of operation for BNSF railway. Temperatures were well below zero, but it ... (more)

As the sun begins to lower to the horizon after reaching past the thawing temperature, a pair of CSX AC...CW motors power a vehicle train westbound.

St. Cloud's local to Northtown sports a decently clean BN leader as it races east to Minneapolis.

NLR #1411, built 67 years ago as GN #611, is still earning its keep hauling freight. On this day, it had just arrived with a delivery of wind turbine blades from St. Cloud.

A-B-A EMDs lead this long road freight from Dilworth yard to Northtown yard. Leading is ex-BN SD40-2 #1997, still in green paint. Trailing is a unique GP38-2B, followed by another SD40-2. It... (more)

Northtown's last two Cascade Green EMDs make a trip westbound in golden light. Just days ago was BNSF's 25th Anniversary, but this had an all Burlington Northern-feel, which turned 50 earlier this... (more)

A trio of CSXT GEs are in command of an empty crude oil train headed west to fill up on North Dakota oil. The leader is a relatively clean rebuild, which shines up good in the low winter sun.

The revived St. Cloud local heads for Northtown after doing work in St. Cloud. The local was abolished in June, but after unsuccessful attempts to have road trains do switching, the local was b... (more)

A trio of BNSF SD40-2s, two in BN paint, lead an eastbound manifest through a massive snowstorm.

A pair of classic road EMDs, dating back to the 1970s, run by themselves on the Mandan to Northtown road manifest freight. The clouds gave way to the sun at just the right time, any later and t... (more)

Northtown's last two cascade-green EMDs paired together working mainline road freights, a change from the transfers they typically worked. The pair would be split up after their return trip day... (more)