The 261 lives again. Under steam again for the first time since 2008 after undergoing its federal mandated overhaul on this 1944 Alco 4-8-4.

Milwaukee Road 261's 227,000-pound boiler is lifted back onto its driving wheels by Vic's Crane & Heavy Haul of Rosemount, MN. The temperature was a frigid 13 degrees.

Laurel-Missoula freight snakes its way through Lombard Canyon and along the Missouri River on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision.

Special delivery for the Monticello Nuclear Power plant. BNSF 2973 is pushing the last couple miles into the plant. This is the first train the City of Monticello has seen in about 3 years, norma... (more)

Light power BNSF 1531/1544 heading south hit the back end of a semi at 73rd St and Hwy 81 in Brooklyn Park at about 10:50am

This is the first train in three years to come down this line. This transformer is for the Excel Energy Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant and is being pushed in for the last couple miles of the... (more)

The 261 lives again. Under steam again for the first time since 2008 after undergoing its federal mandated overhaul on this 1944 Alco 4-8-4.

Engineer Bruce at the helm on NSM 652. Heading back to Babbitt with 136 empties.

Battling Bozeman Pass: Under threatening storm skies, the Spokane to Laurel manifest with four SD45's and a SD45-2XR battle their way up Bozeman Pass.

2816 steams through Morant's Curve on a fine autumn day.

While one crew works on cutting off the twisted rail, a backhoe moves one of the derailed coal cars off of the tracks. While having a derailment in the middle of a populated location could have be... (more)

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train lead by CP 9824 at its final stop of the day at the CP Shoreham yard in Northeast Minneapolis.

On their first revenue run, CP 7010 and 7015 lead CP train 197 through the Foley Wye into the Shoreham yard to make a pick up.

With some obvious mechanical issues, Progressive Rail switcher #36 (Ex-Soo 1400) sits in a parking lot next to the Progressive Rail Distribution facility in Bloomington, MN

BNSF and Hulcher crews work feverishly to clear derailed coal cars and reopen the line. The train derailed at about 9:25am on June 30th as it was leaving the siding just west of Downtown Wayzat... (more)