Last light at Division Street finds an empty Alma coal train preparing to climb the hill with a nice set of all EMD power.

CP H15 heads back to St. Paul as light power with an eccentric mix of locomotives. SOO 4598 is the last candy apple red SOO unit on the CP roster and has certainly seen better days. The two middle... (more)

CN L574 heads back east towards Chippewa Falls after servicing the Countryside Cooperative elevator in Cylon.

The phosphate empties are back on the move after receiving more authority eastward. The trailing SD60M, UP 2458, appeared to have recently come out of the paint shop at North Little Rock.

Minnesota Commercial B23-7's 43 and 44 bring the last loaded Bayport job for Anderson Windows through Lake Elmo on a frigid winter day. A few months later, the Commercial sent out light power to f... (more)

OVRXL, phosphate empties from Savage MN, blasts out of the unincorporated town of Hersey with a pair of recently reactivated C44-9Ws on the point. The former CNW C44-9W looked excellent in the low... (more)

After making easy work of the Hudson hill, UP 9830 and 9583 bring OVRXL through Sono Jct. I was cloud screwed at the 7th street overpass in Hudson, so luckily I managed to beat him here for a cons... (more)

A pair of BN veterans sit in repose at the Illinois Railway Museum. 5383 hasn't ran in a couple years because of a faulty traction motor. BN-3 is fully operational and would look nice painted back... (more)

The last two units on the Union Pacific roster that still retain fallen flag reporting marks bask in perfect afternoon sun along with BN U30C #5383. After a short stint in service this spring, the... (more)

A sharp looking Illinois Central SD70 leads CN L516 on its eastward trek to Stevens Point. With no work en route tonight, it should be a pretty easy trip for 516's crew.

A quiet summer evening is temporarily interrupted by the scream of AC traction motors as loaded sand train MALEAX treks westward across the Altoona Sub. The train had a 2x0x2 power formation which... (more)

Another shot of the Dresser turn shoving up to the quarry. As the train was moving slow, it allowed me to catch him at the two crossings that remain on the remnants of the Soo Line's Danbury Subdi... (more)

CP HDR only has a handful of cars left to load before it is ready to head back west to the Twin Cities. The 41 car train of prized Dresser Trap Rock will eventually be interchanged with the North... (more)

CP HDR slowly reverses on the remnants of the Soo Line's Danbury Subdivision to Superior as it passes under the tipple to load the 41 car train. With no digital speedometer on the 6240, the engine... (more)

The engineer brings his 5164 ton train of Dresser trap rock through Osceola on the westbound return trip to the Twin Cities. The engineer was friendly and gave a few blasts of the P5 horn. On the ... (more)