CN 2000 splits the signals at Fairbanks, Minnesota on its way to the ore dock at Two Harbors with a load of hot, steaming Taconite pellets. The pellets originated as raw ore at the Minntac Mine be... (more)

Canadian Pacific Kansas City runs a local freight to Rochester, MN several days a week. The local originates at the yard in Waseca, MN and runs east towards Winona, MN as far and as often as busin... (more)

This scene is at the Canyon Coal Company’s Skyline Mine flood loader high up on the Wasatch Plateau in Utah. Elevation here is over 8000’. The mine is out of sight, on the left, up a canyon a... (more)

When I heard the CP’s Waseca Local blowing for the at-grade street crossings in Rochester I dropped everything and took up the chase. However chasing the eastbound local involves crossing throug... (more)

I seem to remember a country music song with the lyric “some days are diamonds, some days are stones” Well, September 16, 2013 was a diamond for me at Helper Yard, Utah. I had driven from my r... (more)

I finally got out yesterday with the objective of photographing Canadian Pacific's Waseca Local that serves my town, Rochester, Minnesota. This local originates at the yard in Waseca, MN. When I m... (more)

This 2 unit set of Canadian Pacific GP20C-ECO's have pulled this long cut of cars down, out of the yard, to the Amtrak Station in La Crosse, Wisconsin and are now waiting for the call to shove bac... (more)

Amtrak #8, the eastbound Empire Builder, has 2 Siemens Chargers, #'s 308 and 310 as it's only power this day as it crosses the Mississippi River and rolls into La Crosse, Wisconsin. Not only that,... (more)

ALC-42 Charger #308 leads Amtrak #8, the eastbound Empire Builder, into La Crosse, Wisconsin. #308 and Charger #310 are the sole power for today’s #8. Most of the train is still on that large dr... (more)

To reach this spot in Nevada from Little Mountain, Utah, west of Ogden on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, UP 9522 has had to cross 30 miles of the Great Salt Lake, using the Bagley, Saline and R... (more)

Utah Ry. got into the business of hauling crude oil fairly early as seen in this shot of a UTAH train descending the 2% grade off of the west side of Soldier Summit. The oil in these tankers is ho... (more)

This Union Pacific empty coal train passing Grassy siding in Utah is on it’s way back east for a coal re-load at Bowie, Colorado. When loaded it will head back west to the large IPP power plant ... (more)

D&RGW #3077 is eastbound, in your face, at Utah Ry. Junction at the lower end of Price River Canyon. Helper Yard is about 3 miles or so ahead. Those tracks on the left are the yard leads to Utah R... (more)

This ex. Oregon Short Line 2-8-0 looks great as it approaches the end of the line at Heber City, Utah. This Heritage RR is part of the Heber Valley RR Museum and operates over 16 miles of an ex. R... (more)

D&RGW #5371 has picked up it’s loads of contaminated waste at the set-out track at Wellington, Utah and is now running east on the ex. Rio Grande main across the shale flats towards the junction... (more)