A nice set of power compliments the friendly crew on 283 as they arrive at Lake City on a comfortable summer afternoon.

2nd 171 marches across the rising Mississippi while enroute to Glenwood under a perfectly sunny sky. This train normally terminates at Saint Paul Yard, but with the flooding it's now forced to hea... (more)

NS 5623 and NS 3033 sit under the stars on a bitter cold night along the CP's River Sub. The two NS Geeps were the sole power for this continuous welded rail train all the way from Chicago, and on... (more)

An SP AC44 along with patched counterpart drag their crude oil loads through the switch at Lyndale Avenue as they head towards Saint Paul. Not exactly the most common lashup on the Canadian Pacifi... (more)

With heavy winds and driving rain, I felt 291 to be important enough to put the terrible conditions aside for awhile. Here 291 is shown crossing the Mississippi as it enters Camden in North Minnea... (more)

DMIR 401 greets sunrise at North Wales with loads bound for Two Harbors. Little does it know that this will be it's last time leading in its long career. After shooting this train to begin the day... (more)

A rare MoW assigned CSXT 2476 sits at the rips after making the trip from Chicago on the point! Of course this would be ruined as the UP opted for them to head through the Belt instead of going ac... (more)

Hearing the engineer identify his train with the BNSF 8139 got my attention, and with only two or three minutes to find a spot to shoot him the blood was flowing. Moments after arriving on the Sne... (more)

The Hinckley pulls down passed Interstate as it gets a routing into the yard. A nice Christmas present and the only train I shot in the few hours I was out. Merry Christmas to all!

The IC&E 4206 works towards the Amtrak station with three coaches, seen here passing over Main Street. This hotshot will have to cool its heels for a moment later on at Minneapols Jct, as a Z Trai... (more)

The return of the FURX SD40-2's, atleast for now. After sitting in Wichita Falls for over a year, they have been pulled from storage and are being forwarded to Northtown for set up. Many were load... (more)

So much to look at! Traffic, bridges, automobiles, a casual observer, and a nice set of matched SD40-2's, 6047 and 6048 respectively. These two EMD's are traveling up the Merriam Park Sub with a t... (more)

One of two RS-27's left in the whole country, MNNR 316 throttles up past the skyline of Minneapolis. Overlooking the subject matter is the new Minnesota Gophers football stadium, visible just belo... (more)

Three yard SD40-2's head down the steep hump overlooked by the skyline of Minneapolis and NSP's(Excel Energy) Riverside Plant, shown here with a crane that is dismantling the old coal burning port... (more)

The one and only SD45-2 left on the CSX has weed spraying duties today as the old Seaboard Coast Line veteran is seen sweeping the nice curve here near Chesterton. This was my first trip to the CS... (more)