Now arriving Proctor yard.

After coming down Proctor hill the crew has run around their train and is preparing to shove the train out on the dock to unload.

Subtle northern lights illuminate the horizon while the approach signal illuminates the ground on the CN Keenan sub.

A light snow falls as GTW 6223 leads back to Keenan yard after switching hoppers at the U.S. Steel Minntac taconite plant.

A frigid December morning finds a pair of GP20C-ECO's on the Canadian Pacific H21 local as it pulls up to the north end of the Camden Subdivision in Camden, Minnesota, just north of Minneapolis. T... (more)

Clear. Cold. Northwest wind. Snow on the ground. Everything is in order as CN 2028 leads ore loads south through the yard here at Biwabik while also passing by a few centerbeams that are being sto... (more)

What started out as CN 2020 leading iron ore loads south will end up being CN 2028 leading iron ore loads south into Two Harbors after the crew swaps leaders due to a mechanical issue. Ultimately ... (more)

Amongst the early morning fog and haze and truck traffic, MDW 22 is switching Boise boxcars at the PCA Packaging Corporation of America, International Falls Mill, Boise Paper.

After arriving to unload passengers and then loading the next group, the North Shore Scenic Railroad Bentleyville train sits under the Fitgers Brewery Complex almost ready to depart for the Tour o... (more)

A train of iron ore headed to Two Harbors approaches the green signal at Noimi Jct. while heading down the CN Minntac sub on a foggy evening.

The crew of the Brook Park Turn has dropped off BN 6118 for a short visit into the depot. They had arrived light engine from Brook Park, and no doubt stopped several blocks east of here for lunch ... (more)

The Minnesota Commercial's Job 19 rolls east through Vadnais Heights, Minnesota behind a pair of GE Dash 7 locomotives. The train is passing under I-35E and rolls alongside Goose Lake Road as it h... (more)

A CN crew spots ore cars for unloading at Dock 6 as the veteran laker s/s Wilfred Sykes loads for Indiana Harbor as the end of the Lake Superior shipping season nears.

Union Pacific had a group of scale test cars stored at their yard in Winona, MN in spring 2023. They included a variety of designs and predecessor initials. CNW 263633 was in the group and seemed ... (more)

F40s were the dominant power on long-distance Amtrak trains through the 1980s and early 1990s. The Empire Builder embodies the look of the era well back in 1993 as it passes through the University... (more)