Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Alco RS-1 #222 between switching assignments at Ft. Dodge, Iowa in June 1956. Photo by Fred Ziebe, part of my slide collection.

Minneapolis & St.Louis GP9 608 in original paint scheme, performing switching duties at Peoria, Illinois in June 1959. M&St.L GP9's numbered 600-608. Photographer R.T Smart, from my slide collect... (more)

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad EMD SD7 built 1952,M&StL had only two SD7s 300-301. RT Smart photo, from my Collection.

Minneapolis & St. Louis EMD NW1 91 600hp built in 1938. Unknown Photographer from my Collection.

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad EMD F3(A) 401 and 404 at Peoria, Illinois in June 1950. M&StL had 6 F3's road numbers 400-405, and 8 F7A's 406-413. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photo... (more)

The "Louie" has been gone for decades but the paint scheme lives on, on this cement hopper in Rapid City, SD in May of 1990. Love the improvised track bumper.

Minneapolis & St. Louis No. 70579 was built in June of 1937 as a two-bay covered hopper “serving the cement industry.” Even though it had its roof removed in later years when converted to a ba... (more)

True Colors - We’re looking at the cab of an RS1 that began life in 1947 as Minneapolis & Saint Louis 547, later renumbered 219. It retained its second number when it was sold to Canadian road S... (more)

"Friends of the 457" recently completed a ten-year cosmetic restoration of this Minneapolis & St. Louis 2-8-0, which included an overhead shelter, recorded sounds, steam effects, and working light... (more)

Early morning light finds RS-1 244 switching its train down near the B&SV's storage yard.

RS-1 244 performs a photo runby at the quarry spur near Fraser.

RS-1 244 crosses the Des Moines River between Boone and Fraser, Iowa. There has been significant flooding in this area during the last month, and the line is currently being repaired.

Minneapolis & St. Louis RS-1 244 rolls through the YMCA camp with a simulated work train on the Boone & Scenic Valley.

Minneapolis & St. Louis RS-1 244 crosses the Des Moines River during a photo charter sponsored by Steve Glischinski. This area - including the railroad - was hard hit during the recent rainstorms... (more)

Minneapolis & St. Louis RS-1 244 rolls over the Des Moines River on a photo charter sponsored by Steve Glischinski. The unit is former LS&I restored with M&StL paint.