NPR 3502 and a four pack of former UP tunnel motors wait for CP 299 to clear the Thief River Falls yard before entering and retrieving empty grain hoppers for the elevators along the Wheat Line in... (more)

The Empire Builder departs Union Depot nearly 13 hours late with a reverse consist and no baggage car. A pair of Wisconsin derailments at Alma and Watertown forced Amtrak to get creative g... (more)

A new BNSF GE ET44C4 covers for one of the usual P42DCs on the eastbound Empire Builder seen here beginning the descent down Shot Line Hill in St. Paul.

A two-mile long CP 299 speeds through Lancaster, Minnesota closing in on the Canadian border at Noyes, MN & Emerson, Manitoba.

The Empire Builder approaches the La Crosse Amtrak station after entering Wisconsin over the Mississippi and Black River bridges.

The California Zephyr speeds through the western Chicago suburb of Downers Grove starting its journey west from Union Station to Emeryville.

An outbound Sunday Metra train to Aurora approaches the Downers Grove Main Street Station approximately 10 minutes late.

The Empire Builder pulls through Merriam Park starting the decent along Short Line Hill towards downtown St. Paul and its next stop at Union Depot.

The Empire Builder takes the switch off the newly installed double track mainline at St. Anthony Junction pulling into the Minnesota Commercial A Yard. Today's train is not running too far... (more)

The Trail Turn heads back to Thief River Falls with gravel loads from the Strata Corporation pit near its namesake community of Trail, Minnesota.

A CP crew member releases ballast rock remotely filling in gaps along the Canadian Pacific Noyes Subdivision northwest of Thief River Falls.

Soo Line 6027 approaches a rural grade crossing north of Thief River Falls as it deposits new ballast rock along the Noyes Subdivision.

The Trail Turn returns to Thief River Falls from its namesake approximately six hours after its initial departure crossing over the Red Lake River on its way into the yard.

Two EMD motors head up a westbound ballast train heading north of Erskine from Glenwood bound for Thief River Falls.

It is a hot and humid day in the Twin Cities with storms approaching from the northeast. Typically the eastbound Empire Builder is through Minnesota and Wisconsin into the Chicago area by ... (more)