Close on the tail of 498, the highest priority train on this line, 198, heads east under interstate 494 in Plymouth, MN.

After waiting for its eastbound counterpart to arrive, the westbound Northtown Yard to Kansas City, KS merchandise train heads over the ice chunks in the Mississippi River.

After waiting for traffic to clear at Humboldt, CP train 694 takes its turn across the river behind the rare set of Southern Pacific power.

A very rare leader, an unpatched Southern Pacific GE, heads east through the small city of Hamel, MN with a unit crude oil train.

Running over six hours late, today's Empire Builder needed a little help from a BNSF companion after it ran into some power trouble out west.

An eastbound zipper flies through a tunnel of steam created by the giant Verso Paper Mill, which sits on the shorts of the Mississippi River in downtown Sartell, MN.

Close on the tail of Amtrak, this priority intermodal train from the west coast heads through Lincoln behind a trio of GEs.

Running just a tad behind this morning (about 6 hours), the Empire Builder kicks up the overnight snow as it cruises east at 79 mph through Lincoln, MN.

After meeting a westbound grain train at Norcross, this unit rock train continues its trip east as it leaves the small town of Herman behind.

Close on the tail of the last Northstar train, the Empire Builder flies through Fridley as it tries to make up the two hours it lost yesterday in Montana.

Close on the tail of another westbound empty, this long coal train heads out onto the long causeway near Crystal Springs, ND. The dark clouds from a snow storm over Minnesota really make the new r... (more)

After meeting a couple eastbound loads in Jamestown, this westbound coal empty flies out of Cleveland, ND behind a new and old EMD. Luckily, the gray clouds stayed west for another hour...which ma... (more)

This old Soo Line leader is still earning its keep as it heads west with yet another manifest train on CP's Elbow Lake Sub.

With a large cloud bank looming in the background, an eastbound manifest rounds the sweeping curve east of Barrett, MN.

After meeting a westbound at Hoffman, CP train 372 tugs hard on its long string of grain loads as it heads for Glenwood.