After serving their time on the former DM&IR in Minnesota, the CN's fleet of C40-8's have found themselves running ballast trains on the former Wisconsin Central. CN 2001, 2006 and 2007 are in cha... (more)

A pair of CP SD40's shove a cut of cars over the hump at Pig's Eye Yard. On the main, a vehicle train is making its way out of the Twin Cities with a BNSF in charge.

Today's high priority manifest from Grand Forks, ND to the Belt Railway of Chicago features an SD70MAC leader that still wears its original Burlington Northern Executive/Grinstein paint scheme. Wi... (more)

The End Is Near. On a cool morning, a southbound ore train lets off some steam as it makes its way through Biwabik with a trio of former CNW C40-8's. The standard cab Dash 8's are making th... (more)

CP 6246 shoves a transfer into UP's South St. Paul Yard, with help from a KCS SD70ACe.

Minnesota Commercial B30-7 #54 leads its train around the curve as it approaches St. Anthony Interlocking. The Commercial Alcos are now sidelined, but the Dash 7's are still going strong.

After interchanging with the UP and BNSF, the Twin Cities & Western is seen crossing the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis with a trio of GP38-2's. The train is closing in on home rails at... (more)

Pure Chicago. As traffic zips by down below on the Kennedy Expressway, Metra's CNW heritage F59PHI hustles UP NW train #633 to McHenry. The bridge's classic logo has withstood the test of t... (more)

Metra's RTA heritage unit thunders out of downtown Chicago with train #2225 for Big Timber Road in Elgin.

The headlight from an approaching Metra train illuminates the scene as NIRC 11 sits tied down at Fox Lake East. #11 is in charge of a work train, awaiting its call to duty on Monday morning.

The traffic is bad. The crime rate is high. Winters are rough and you may have a hard time finding a place to park, but from up here, you tend to forgot about all that. Train #2711 is just ... (more)

Amtrak 519, 522 and 90222 make their shove move at Union Avenue as they're in the process of wyeing for positioning in the yard at 18th Street.

Dash 8's And Cityscapes. After arriving and disembarking passengers at Chicago Union Station, Amtrak's inbound Cardinal has finished its wye move and is seen shoving into the yard at 18th S... (more)

As evidenced by the massive amount of ties in the background, one thing is for sure. A big project is in the works for the BRC around 14th Street. The North Outside Industry job is in the process ... (more)

The three man North Outside Industry crew goes over the gameplan as BRC MP15AC #151 shines in the late evening sunshine at Charter Steel, an industry located in Chicago's west side. They would del... (more)