A pair of GE's pull 124 baretables

CP 170 is almost home at Saint Paul, MN

#8 crosses over to Main #2 at Newport with the Cedar Rapids and Super Dome in tow.

A colorful consist heading for Chicago.

The St. Paul to LaCrosse, WI wayfreight heads out for a day of work.

Loaded coal train heading for Alma, WI.

When they were new! First unit of the March 1989 SOO SD60 delivery 6021-6041 - no ditch-lights.

As the last rays of sun try to burn through the thick humidity of a 100F degree day in Minnesota, one of only a handful of SOO SD60M's rolls through Newport. The shot wasn't ruined by the open do... (more)

A Dash 9 leads some cans and other cars east as a CP train can be seen up in the left hand corner.

UP shoves cars back into CP yard at Dunn. The Gerdau Ameristeel plant looms in the background.

A STEAM DOUBLEHEADER with the likes of CP 2816 and the Milwaukee Road 261 races eastward through Newport, MN. Said to be the "steam event of 2007", this train is en-route to La Crosse, WI,... (more)

All-rail taconite train runs through Newport, MN

This is a shot I've wanted to get ever since I paid my first visit to the Newport Switch Tower back in February. You can hear a rumble for a great distance then trains seem to "magically" appear. ... (more)