The sun is well below the horizon but still lighting up the western sky, providing a striking backdrop for an eastbound Canadian Pacific unit crude oil train heading for a meet at Murray siding ju... (more)

Strong storms of have moved east and the smell of fresh rain lingers in the cool evening air as an eastbound CP train splits the small Minnesota town of Belgrade at sunset.

The sun is nearing the horizon as the sound of EMD prime movers fills the air and two SD40-2s lay down a smoke screen on their way to a meet at Murray.

One of CP's new GP20C-ECO units leads an FRA track inspection car across the Paynesville Sub on a sunny and pleasant July day.

Two GEs lead a rather short westbound empty grain train between the old GN searchlights at Middle Benson.

The setting sun silhouettes the engineer of an eastbound CP grain train with NS power as it makes its way across the Minnesota prairie between Brooten and Belgrade.

The Portland section of the Empire Builder stands ready to depart for its trip east. On the other side of the platform is the southbound Coast Starlight that arrived from Seattle not long ago. A... (more)

An eastbound grain train with Norfolk Southern power hurries out of a glorious summer sunset between Belgrade and Regal on the Canadian Pacific's former Soo Line mainline west of Minneapolis.

It's always fun to put the boys in the wagon and walk a few blocks to the tracks to see a train go by. Seeing how big my oldest is in the wagon reminds me that we need to make these memories whil... (more)

Eastbound coal loads behind a trio of SD70ACe's are about to pass under MN 25 as they curve out of Brainerd and head toward a meet at Loerch.

After showing up at around 0720, the crew of the Paynesville Sub wayfreight is anxious to start east and begin their workday in earnest. They've waited out a parade of eastbounds, culminating wit... (more)

The power for a ballast train is fueling up in Brooten at the start of their workday. Technically, the folks around here would say they're "putting on gas."

A trio of EMD power brings an empty hopper train into Willmar for a crew change on a bright spring morning. The tracks in the foreground lead to the locomotive servicing area.

The sun has set and Venus is making its appearance in the western sky, marking the end of another long summer day. The world keeps on turning, and so does the Canadian Pacific, as an eastbound ac... (more)

An eastbound coal train dodges some shadows as it traverses the Hi-Line bridge at Valley City, North Dakota.