A high-railer makes a quick inspection of the line before the local comes through delivering a high-wide to the power plant west of town. This part of the line doesn't have regular train service.... (more)

The city of Monticello comes to a stop to take in the sites and sounds of a train coming through town. Monticello hasn't seen regular rail service in quite some time. On rare occasions, the powe... (more)

The Chicago Rail Link heads west under the former Rock Island signals at Robbins after switching in Blue Island.

CP 580 passes a group of BNSF maintenance personal replacing rail on Main 1 in Newport. The tail end of CP 299 can be seen in the distance holding the Industrial Lead changing crews.

A ballast empty heads east near Osceola on the CN Dresser Sub. In a few weeks, these ballast trains will be sharing the tracks with the Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway museum trains.

Recently the Cannon Falls Job has gone to six days a week as there's been an increase in business. Here, the train is shoving into the south end of the yard at Northfield, MN. I'm not sure what ... (more)

Today UP detoured an empty CP coke train from Mason City to Roseport. Flood walls in St. Paul are preventing CP from taking the normal route from the north.

Former Olympic units are rare in the states but have come down occasionally now that the games are over and the logos are painted out.

A small creek has over flowed its banks and has flooded a road near 7th Street on the BNSF. It looks like the BNSF will avoid any major disruptions as the Mississippi river is suppose to crest to... (more)

CP 183 pulls down the west runner to shove into the yard. This is the third trip the INRD's have made on this train.

A four pack of DME/ICE power can be hard to find now days with all the lease power. Typically this train would terminate in Pigseye but due to the impending flood, it's returning from Glenwood, M... (more)

CP's been running a lot of crazy consists with all the lease power they have, never did I expect to see two of these in the Twin Cities. Thankfully a late winter snow storm covered the area the d... (more)

Work has started on renovating the St. Paul Union Depot back into the transportation hub it once was for Amtrak, light rail, and Grey Hound buses. Two UP units roll by on the depot track and are ... (more)

An empty from Two Harbors takes the diamond at Ramshaw on their way to Minntac.