Union Pacific 6925 is living on borrowed time with metaphorical eviction notice to vacate the former Dakota Southern property now in operation by Watco's Ringneck & Western who leases the railroad... (more)

Believe it or not loads of gravel from the Strata Corporation and pipe for Enbridge Pipeline travel over this section of track even though the combination of rail, joint, and tieplate have had it!... (more)

Fresh From the Paint Booth! NPR 5558 shows off its new royal blue and yellow paint scheme. This locomotive hasn't even touched its home rails which lie two miles to the north at Dakota Juntion, ... (more)

With the painters tape and stencils freshly pulled off, the paint of the Iowa Pacific 515 can finish drying in the WSOR paint booth in Horicon, Wisconsin. This locomotive will join SLRG 518 out i... (more)

The Belt Job, under the control of MNNR 76, heads into the yard in Saint Paul on the opposite end of its duties. This new acquisition for the Minnesota Commercial has number 76, whereas it retaine... (more)

A Milwaukee Road Box Car's Final Fate...box car #952 will experience the cutting torch and wind up exactly like the cubed steel sitting next to it as scrap. The Canadian Pacific Railroad sets out... (more)

The Independent Locomotive Service shop has quite the assortment of EMD power from switch, four-axle, and six-axle units. ILSX 1386 and 1387 are "back home" from time in Texas and Illin... (more)

Although this isn't the Heartland Flyer, Amtrak's Empire Builder is sporting #52, "The Heartland Flyer's Big Game Train" locomotive out front as it takes one of the Minnesota Commercial Yard track... (more)

Remnants of Icelandic Railroads: Iceland isn't known for having railroads due to its geographical characteristics. However, railroads on a very small scale did exist in the Reykjavík area. MinÃ... (more)

Minnesota Commercial's Alcos and MLWs are joined together in the yard as a string of dead line locomotives. Though I never was able to get a photo of MNNR 35 in action, it is a consolation to at ... (more)

A couple of former locomotives of the Belt Railway of Chicago fleet meet in an unusual way currently under the Independent Locomotive Service flag. ILSX 917, formerly BRC 523, is seen from the ch... (more)

When Canadian Pacific puts locomotives into storage they probably end up in Thief River Falls. 22+ locomotives line a couple of storage tracks near the old SOO Line Roundhouse formerly occupied by... (more)

Spray paint....cardboard....anything to make sure that this locomotive is "sold and do not remove parts." The former BNSF 6964 is now owned by one of the many branches of the Helm Financial Leasi... (more)

Maintenance Call... WSOR 4004 was taken off the point of its northbound local from Madison to Rock Springs and placed into the siding at Dane while the rest of the train idles on the mainli... (more)

Parked on a small siding behind Northern Pride Inc., a turkey processing facility, is one of Loram's L-Series light rail grinders - LRG 24. This particular set of grinding machinery is equiped wit... (more)