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)