A never before seen move on the Missabe. The IC #6256 may not be long for this world after initial reports indicated the water had frozen in her pipes after she died en-route to Proctor. A NB trai... (more)

Taken from a crossing, one of only 2 Missabe tunnel motors to receive a plow slowly pulls out its T-Bird train from the loadout. Looks like those ore cars have been there for awhile.

Brainerd Local throttles up to 60 mph as they leave town.

Brainerd Local leaves Superior for Brainerd seen here rolling through Boylston.

An incredible find in 2010, almost 2011, as one of two remaining SOO GP40's sits with a matching, paint and rust wise, caboose, at the Amtrak Depot on a rare night off.

A rare sight on the DME! Running elephant style backwards, G72 heads around the West Wye with pretty good power.

Lohrbach and Larson keep an eye out as they head for Stinson, while the large BNSF served Peavey elevators tower in the distance.

As legendary engineer Frank Christopherson will tell you, up here the Burlington Northern ruled the roost. Brainerd Local kicks up snow as they thunder, and I mean thunder, through the dense fores... (more)

11am loads wind their way to Silver Bay behind a nice looking #651.

The Ice Kingdom. With ice covering everything, a beautiful sight was 4 NSM SD40's chugging towards Silver Bay with a cold shortened train. Truly was sight to behold.

Fresh from a 2 year hiatus, and with new wheels, the DMIR #193 leads sister #316 along their old stomping ground to move some coal cars around so "the deer aren't trapped". That is a direct quote ... (more)

A company truck races to assist the welders working on the mainline. The DPU on the very long taconite train will get rolling shorty as the coal train clears up the head end.

Why yes young man, when I was younger SD70MAC's were common as dirt! In an uncommon scene, a single SD70MAC struggles to bring 123 empty coal cars down the Lakes Sub for the Brainerd Sub. They we... (more)

How many other places can you find a mini forest in the middle of a rail yard? BNSF transfer brings limestone cars up the coal runner to 28th St. with the engineer running the way God intended...f... (more)

Dashing through the snow... with a peach 70MAC lead-ing... Rolling track speed through Cromwell on the rarely shot Brainerd Subdivision. Oddly enough, this empty coal train had about 30 grain car... (more)