MNNR's weekly sand train for the BNSF passes Jackson Street in St Paul on the way to Dayton's Bluff, where the train will be interchanged and forwarded to Texas.

Brand new BNSF 6620 and 6619 brighten up the mud season countryside as they climb westbound out of Delano.

DM&IR 192 and SOO 700 shove 83 empty storage hoppers on to the main line north of Marble. They'll pull 40 of them back south after they clear the switch and leave 43 of them north of a road cross... (more)

Picking up the chase where Dave Schauer left off, here are SOO 700 and DM&IR 192 at Palmers with empty hoppers bound for storage at Marble.

Picking up the chase where Dave Schauer left off, here are SOO 700 and DM&IR 192 approaching 54th Street in Duluth with empty hoppers bound for storage at Marble.

Fresh out of Mid America Car, IAIS 503 sits at the KCS-IC&E Joint Agency Yard waiting to be placed on an IC&E train for delivery to IAIS.

3985 shows off her new paint job as she crosses the Mississippi River leaving St Paul headed west on the UP's ex-C&NW Omaha Line. The historic former Schmidt Brewery is atop the hill in the backg... (more)

Brand new IAIS 502 and 510 ease alongside of freshly washed SD38-2 151. Nice comparison of noses of IAIS's newest conventional and hi-tech power.

Brand new IAIS 502 & 510 pose at the west end of the yard before adding the 151 for the trip to Cedar Rapids.

Brand new IAIS 502 & 510 await a crew change after bringing the RIIC from Rock Island for the first time solo. They ARE sharp!

Due to some problems with 510, the freshly washed 151 was added to the consist at Iowa City for the trip to Cedar Rapids.

SOO GP9 559 poses at the beautifully restored former SOO Line Dresser depot with a consist typical of a mixed train of the 50's before heading west to continue the charter.

Photo Charter participant Harold Edmonson poses as the operator inside the restored Dresser Depot as the regular Sunday tourist train prepares to swap ends and return to Osceola. The charter was ... (more)

SOO GP9 559 pauses at Marine Siding. Dodging thundershowers for a good part of the day tried the patience of both crew and photographers, but the many waits for sucker holes were worth the result... (more)

Recently rebuilt NSM 651 is still nice and clean bringing up the rear of the tailings train as it heads back to Silver Bay after unloading in the Tailings Basin on a branch line that heads north f... (more)