As the sun sets over coal loads in the Cass Lake Yard, the low sun angle and clean locomotives make for a brilliant glint shot. This would be the last train of the day photographed on an epic adv... (more)

After receiving over 5 feet of snow this month, we are finally down to a foot or so. This ACe is on the point waiting for a crew as an ES44AC and a SD70MAC are in DPU on the end. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Cass Lake, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 9357
Train ID: Clay Boswell Coal
Photo Date: April 29, 2008

While almost all the Maple Color is gone... some great yellows and orange lasted for the final runs.

With a windchill factor of around 45 below zero, Amtrak is running several hours behind schedule, making a normally rare appearance in western Minnesota during the day. Brutal winter weather has ... (more)

On the way back up the hill later in the day, the train would stop nearly at this spot after derailing two cars.

A perfect ending to railfanning Cass Lake... this was the only train to move through Cass Lake on Saturday.

With taconite production pretty much completely haulted in Minnesota... this is about the best DMIR action you can get these days.

Back when the Iron Range was worth shooting... while still possible, much harder today.

One of the very few BN(SF) units equipped with flashing ditch lights blasts over a grade crossing as they work their way east, about to cross under the old Soo Line bridge. Traffic on the Staples... (more)

At the height of the storm, the tracks were actually under water as severe thunderstorms continue to march through Cass County.

Passing by one of many water falls along Lake Superior's north shore.

I have to keep reminding myself... THIS IS 2008!!! Flowers that match the engines are all along the line in this area as this train of 12 cars rolls west.

Running right through possibly the most interesting railroad configuration in Minnesota, this stack train rolls east in Saint Paul. The pair of tracks the train is on curve off to the west and m... (more)

Like Linkin Park's, "Minutes to Midnight..." may be a little early, but minutes to sunset for sure. Three miles down the line, the BNSF 5313 is getting ready to make a dip in the Wing Rive... (more)

An express train is quickly catching up to a train slowing for a stop at the Lisle commuter station. The signal on the right track is green which is for an Amtrak train that will blast past liter... (more)