A couple of new Dash 9's in sequential order haul what looks to be an old #8 (Tacoma-Bedford Park) stack train judging by all the Evergreen containers.

A westbound train of steamship boxes flies west through the quaint town of Elk River. Unfortunately, with the congestion on BNSF this would be one of the few trains actually moving.

A day out train chasing with my boys took us to the parking lot along the S-curve in downtown Elk River. A couple of younger railfans were there, too. It was their first time meeting up in perso... (more)

BN had quite a fleet of EMD covered wagons and they lasted into the early 80's. Here is an A-B-B-A set on train 123. This is a slide I traded for years ago, no photographer information on slide.

A fairly clean ES44C4 leads a trio of elephant style GE's on a Z train thru Elk River MN.

Amtrak's #8 Empire Builder has the Frisco Cimarron River Pullman on the rear of the train today.

The BNSF SD75I's have renewed life, making their first run since coming out of storage.

Afternoon Northstar commuter trains meet at CP 421 between Elk River and Big Lake.

A three hour late Empire Builder rounds a curve coming into Elk River stirring up the fresh snowfall from overnight.

The Illinois Termal heritage unit leads an oil can east on the BNSF Staples Sub. This is the fourth NS heritage unit to pass through the Twin Cities.

An SD60 leads a trio of NS run thru power on this BNSF eastbound unit train on late summer day with the sumacs along the R-O-W turning a deep red.

On a cold March morning with fresh ground snow still blowing around, train crews enroute to Northtown were dying on their hours of service due to a broken rail. This crew cut their train and tied... (more)

BN ran some great locomotive consists on their trains in the mid 90's. Here is an example with BN SD40-2 8112, MKCX SDF45 5951, BN SD40-2 7028 and HATX SD45-2 909.

An EMD trio led by SD75M 8203 on a loaded coal train destined for Wisconsin.

This Northstar train at Elk River is running longer to accommodate the rush of passengers from Target Field in Minneapolis. Twins won 4-3.