On a clear summer night, Yellowstone #225 sits in Proctor, greeting visitors taking Highway 2 into Proctor. These beasts were once the main power for ore trains along the line. Now EMDs and GEs ha... (more)

Two different generations of EMDs sit side by side at the sanding tower, as a spectacular sunset ensues.

With a classic warbonnet B40-8W on point, GFDNTW heads east out of Elk River towards northtown yard with lots of power to boot. The red unit in the back is a rebuilt CP SD40-2, that went west on a... (more)

Following the train for a while, I found myself at the Buffalo Ridge in southwestern Minnesota. Looking like a scene out of the Canadian prairies, the train continues on south looking quite at hom... (more)

A fakebonnet dash 9 pushes this intermodal train eastward through Division Street in St. Paul.

2 decades since the release of Microsoft Train Simulator, BNSF 4723 still proudly wears it's MSTS logo even this long after the game has been released. If there's any media that started my love fo... (more)

Not long after it's recent restoration, UP embarked the big boy on a tour across the midwest. At this point, they were nearing the furthest north they would go in Duluth, crossing the trestle in B... (more)

A military move from Camp Ripley heads west to Kansas City, MO through the small town of Grove City, with a nice looking warbonnet on point.

Never would I have thought I would see this in 2018! A 5 pack of BNSF geeps, with a UP AC60, lead a lengthy Willmar to Northtown train into Northtown Yard on a sunny Saturday evening after raining... (more)

The Big Boy heads up the first few miles of the Staples Sub, soon to go onto the Hinckley Sub in a couple miles, never thought I would see a Big Boy in Minnesota, let alone on the BNSF, but here w... (more)

A couple miles out of Glenwood, the "Royal Canadian Pacific" heads west on the Elbow Lake Sub back home to Calgary. The swamp in the foreground provided a nice reflection.

With added help put on point in Livingston, LAUBOZ heads up Bozeman Pass under a dramatic sky. The 5 EMDs were working hard going uphill here.

The Hugo Job has finished work for today, currently the train is on the ex NP Skally Line, and is about to turn south at Belt Line Crossing back to home base. This stop sign device in the photo is... (more)

We find ourselves at a picture perfect scene just east of Livingston, LAUBOZ heads under the US-89 overpass in perfect lighting, as well as the clouds providing a great backdrop. It's nice when th... (more)

2816 sweeps through Valley City on the long climb up the grade. In the background, the Hi-Line trestle is visible, taking BNSF trains over the city. The climb up this hill was challenging, for som... (more)