The Minnesota Commercial completes another weekly sand train from the MNNR Yard A to the BNSF Daytons Bluff Yard having just uncoupled from the gondolas.

The Twin Cities & Western St. Paul Turn takes its first step towards heading west from completing its work in St. Paul by rounding the curve past Fordson Junction. This train would get its pictur... (more)

A westbound Empire Builder with AMTK 207, AMTK 54 and AMTK 185 at St Paul's Midway Depot.

Soo 2550 was one of a very few GP9's to get the new all red color scheme. Here it works St. Paul with 382 on a bright fall afternoon.

MNNR 75 under heavy repair inside the old Minnesota Transfer roundhouse.

The sand train rolls down the 1.2% grade into St. Paul on the final leg of its journey to Dayton's Bluff Yard.

The sand train sits in the clear as a BNSF stacker doubles up and prepares to head east. A run-through with CP power is also in the yard today, waiting to head towards Chicago.

Rare move! On this day, the sand train is taking the Union Cutoff, which links the old Great Northern (BNSF Midway Sub) to the old Northern Pacific (BNSF St. Paul Sub). Here's the sand train at... (more)

MNNR SF30C 50 starts fifty loaded sand gondolas into motion as its starts doubling up its train. Second out, pouring out the gray smoke, is M636CAT No. 71, which is equipped with a Caterpillar in... (more)

MNNR B23-7 68 switching at Midway on Job 20, ans Job 11, the Tuesday sand train with MNNR SF30C 50 leading, prepares to double A6 to A5.

The weekly sand train rolls down the St. Paul Sub after taking the cut off to Union Jct. This shot looks like it could have been taken in November with the lack of snow, but those long shadows sho... (more)

The westbound Amtrak Empire Builder idles during its 45 minute station stop at the St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota Midway station. A P40DC #821 is sandwiched between the predictable set of P42's.

A set of SD40-2's take a train from the Hoffman Ave. yard onto the UP Mankato subdivision towards the Western Ave. yard under the bluffs in downtown St. Paul.

I've always loved the wooden railroad trestles. As a child a remember the DW&P passing by the Shopper's City parking lot on the enormous wooden trestle that carried the line over West Duluth and ... (more)

Ford Hauler passing over Elway Street. Soon this bridge will see very little traffic with the impending closure of the Ford Plant in less than a week now.