Heading back from Two Harbors with empties to be reloaded at the mine on the very tail end of the fall color season in NE Minnesota.

An empty coal train behind a single GECC - usual practice at the time - sits in the passing track as Opelika. What you cannot tell from the photo, is that five-year-old 7521 is dead as a doornail... (more)

Pan AM local ED-8 switches the yard at Gardner. in the foreground is an autorack car filled with burned-out vehicles from a recent unfortunate fire. All the vehicles and the railcar are a total lo... (more)

After losing the #4 traction motor while pushing the NS 756 to Belews Creek Steam Station, the NS 8721 has the motor replaced with an axle for the trip back to the repair shop in Roanoke. 2 cranes... (more)

Detouring around weather related issues in Northeast Oregon, a Union Pacific train is arriving at Klamath Falls, Oregon off the Modoc Line.

“Purple Haze” ~ Mused Jimi Hendrix - an avid science fiction fan - whilst being interviewed: “You know the song … It was about going through this land. This mythical [land] … because tha... (more)

A northbound mty ore train for U.S. Steel Minntac runs through some remaining fall color and the remnants from the first snow to fall across NE Minnesota's Iron Range.

On a warm cloudy Saturday afternoon, PAS RJAY(the CSXT G-056 loaded grain train train with BNSF power) departs Rotterdam Yard with four dash 8s after swapping power sets. Leading the train is MEC ... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific grain train passes Martinez Siding, signaling that its climb up the east side of Cajon Pass is about done as Summit is just three miles ahead. This train is powered by s... (more)

"CHFP departing Cedar Hill" Providence and Worcester train CHFP appears from under the Highgrade overhead bridge and proceeds toward the signal at the Amtrak controlled Interl... (more)

Ore vs. Oil at Ramshaw. Oil empties, U734, wait in the clear as taconite loads, U793, cross over the ex-DWP Rainy Sub while on the ex-DMIR Iron Range Sub.

Chasing the setting sun along the CN Iron Range Sub a trio of GE's with 145 ore cars trailing continue towards U.S. Steel's Minntac plant to load out more taconite pellets.

CN 2027 crawls up Byron Hill just after leaving Shops yard Fond du Lac, WI with GTW 5931 and IC 6203 attached on the rear as helpers.

CN 2010 passes one of the newly activated signals they have installed along the CN Iron Range Sub for CTC.

CN 2010 runs north along the CN Iron Range Sub at N. Biwabik on the first day of fall.