A couple SD40-2s work part of Northtown.

Rounding the S Curves.

Two schemes from yesteryear sit side by side in the yard. Soon both trains will be gone and out of sight as crews take them west.

Taken from the busy US HWY 2 overpass, two blue geeps take today's Cass Lake Local to the west. This train is leaving Bemidji behind and approaching Wilton within a couple of miles.

With the sun directly in their face the crew of this two locomotive consist and one car head east. Approximately 4 hours later I would catch this same consist with a slightly longer train (5 cars... (more)

Two Norfolk Southern units and one CN unit lead a mixed train eastbound. As the train continued to pass me I found a powder like substance that was coming from a hopper about 3/4 of the way into ... (more)

After stopping briefly in Hinckley for service the MILW 261 was once again on its way south. Here it comes around the sweeping curve just outside of Brook Park.

Set out with "Bad Order" the BNSF 2006 waits in the Cass Lake yard. Meanwhile, today's M-SUPMIN slowly goes by in the background. A loaded coal train is to the west of here and will meet the M-S... (more)

"Sweet Evening Light!" Coal empties head westward as the sun begins to set giving off the kind of glow you can only get from this time of year.

A slow moving eastbound stack train meets a westbound stack train on the S curves just west of Lake Park, MN.

One of my favorite shooting locations close to where I now live. This is the time of year when shooting from this location is most favorable for sun angle. Modern CP power begins the climb out o... (more)

A blue beast patiently waits in the Cass Lake Yard for a crew to take it west.

Changing crews at "Station Sign Cass Lake", this M train will continue westward into the setting sun in a matter of minutes. Note the second unit is a former Conrail unit.

BNSF 5462 overtakes a tied down train in the yard.