A BNSF employee cruises past two storage lines consisting of mostly SD40-2's, SD45-2's and SD60M's. Just another sign of the struggling economy.

Restoration work is well underway as welding and grinding work on a vintage rail car lights up the inside of Jackson Street Roundhouse.

Built in 1967 for the Milwaukee Road, this Soo bandit is still seen some 40 years later passing in front of the Associated Milk Producers Inc. plant in Rochester, MN along the former CGW right of ... (more)

During my two week vacation to Florida in June I was unable to fit any railfanning in. So while on my way home from a family gathering, I was ecstatic to see this GP9 sitting on an industrial sp... (more)

After doing some drift busting out west this crew has finally reached their destination. Just off camera a transport van waits for the crew to tie down just outside Waseca city limits. Intense f... (more)

A DM&E mixed freight roars by a small Minnesota farm as it heads east towards Winona. These horses seem to be well accustomed to the passing trains seeing as they never even bothered to lift thei... (more)

Faded and rusty, this former Soo Line GP9 sits outside of the Farmers Co-Op of Hanska. Not in frame 124's partner in crime, IMRL 123 is being serviced, most likely in anticipation of the upcoming... (more)

Having struck out the three previous days I was pleased to see this trio of SD40-2's leading an ethanol consist on my last day home for Christmas. Funny thing is, it was my mom who heard the horn... (more)

The Minnesota Transportation Museum's SD9 rounds the bend near milepost 45 with its "Pumpkin Train" in tow on a gorgeous fall afternoon. The "Pumpkin Train" departed Osceola every hour and ran to... (more)

Standing atop MTM's GP7 this is the view one gets of Jackson Street's turntable and roundhouse. With the days work coming to an end, the employees of Jackson Street are now looking forward to thei... (more)

A rather ratty looking leader brings an empty freight west through Claremont, MN. The grain elevator seen behind has been rather busy this season loading grain into rail cars. The elevator is ow... (more)

The sun finds an opening on the horizon just as the crew of this trio of SD40-2's approaches the east end of the Dodge Center siding, treating them to a beautiful winter sunset.

SOO 6062 and CP 6220 (a newly repainted SD60) make history as they lead the very first windmill train over the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern line in southern Minnesota. The bases arrived in Wolse... (more)

TCWR 302 and RRVW 4106 sit on a siding in Glencoe, MN on a cold and quiet afternoon. At this point, the temperature was close to -20.

Street running at its finest! The Wall Street job, worked by a pair of GP38-2's, shoves north towards industries it will service along the Mississippi River on a gloomy mid November day. While t... (more)