Empty ballast train 3GPS crosses the Hastings Bridge with a matched elephant style trio of action red SD40-2s. The train is enroute to Waterloo WI for another load of ballast.

BNSF 9186 leads an 8 hour late Empire Builder.

CP 3GPS comes into Hastings with another load of Dresser Trap Rock ballast destined for a major undercutting project on the Marquette Sub in Iowa.

A pair of SD ECO's lead the H20 across the the Mississippi River in Hastings. CP 5041 CP 5043

CP 8539 slows to cross the Mississippi River at Hastings, MN. Once over the drawbridge it will follow the river to La Crescent, MN where it will cross over to Wisconsin and head inland from the Mi... (more)

Soo Line 781 crosses a swollen Mississippi River in Hastings, MN in May of 1986. The Milwaukee Road emblem continues to be a ghost of past ownership.

Milwaukee Road's northbound Train 3, "The Afternoon Hiawatha" is just about to come off the Mississippi River Bridge at Hastings, MN, about 18 miles southeast of St. Paul and almost 400 ... (more)

I had been standing here for a couple of hours when a rather large teenage girl came up to see what I was doing. After a few words had been spoken she found out that I was English."Say,"... (more)

Get 'Em While You Can!: With CP beginning to rebuild and repaint many of the older units again, the original SOO units may disappear quickly. H20 has been running with a matched pair of red... (more)

Colorful Visitor: A little surprise on 681 today, the Reading unit shows up on the point, a nice change of pace. This train goes to the TCWR at St. Paul. Taken while off duty, wearing full ... (more)

Just Your Average Spring Morning: Trees turning green, birds chirping, neighbors going for a walk. Oh, and SOO 4598 shoving 1500 tons of grain up the steep hill to Ardent Mills in Hastings.... (more)

Spring Snow Spring can sometimes throw weather curve balls in the upper midwest, a very late Empire Builder cruises past the CP Depot in Hastings after a mid-March snow storm. Amtrak had al... (more)

After ditching a locomotive at Midway, the Empire Builder speeds along a straight section of the River Subdivision towards Red Wing with 145 out front.

The Empire Builder speeds towards Red Wing passing through the Vermillion siding south of Hastings.