A crewman climbs into the cab of UP 3985 as it heads toward St. Paul for a three day display.

On their first revenue in daylight from Iowa City to Cedar Rapids, new IAIS GEs spliced by an SD38-2 head west through Homestead, Iowa.

A "Soo Line mixed train" from the 1950s" stops at the Dresser depot. This was a photo charter showing a "1970s" BN local I organized with the excellent cooperation of the Minnesota Transportation ... (more)

BN 6234 crosses the St. Croix River on CN's Dresser Sub. This was a photo charter showing a "1970s" BN local I organized with the excellent cooperation of the Minnesota Transportation Museum and i... (more)

Five F9s pass the waterfall at MP 73 as 12 loads depart Taconite Harbor westbound.

No where else in the U.S. today could you find an A-B-B-B-A set of F9s in freight service, but it happened today after ex-Erie Mining F9A 4211, now owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum was p... (more)

No where else in the U.S. today could you find an A-B-B-B-A set of F9s in freight service, but it happened today after ex-Erie Mining F9A 4211, now owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum was p... (more)

The first pull of taconite "fines" heads west through Murphy City early in the morning. After dropping the loads off at Trow siding, the Fs will return to the Tunnel siding to pick up more loads.

A lucky catch! As a ballast train approaches, an empty Northshore Mining empty train heads into the photo - getting two trains at the same time on this railroad is pretty difficult!

An ex-LMX GE replaces steam power on this morning's eastbound passenger run over La Veta Pass from Alamosa to La Veta, Colo.

Amtrak's California Zephyr heads west at Crescent on the former Rio Grande - through the Rockies, not around them!

Where else in the country can you see steam doubleheaders on a routine basis? When D&SNG has ten or more cars and no larger K36s available, two smaller K28 2-8-2s are used to pull trains to Silver... (more)

It's the first full day of summer as two new BNSF GEs in shining orange paint bring a Z train east through Hager. The siding here is in the center of the two mains, which was common practice on th... (more)

Hey man, that's cool! A 1959 Chevy Impala poses by a 1944 Alco 4-8-4, which will be used on BNSF's Employee Appreciation Trips out of Minneapolis.

The sun is setting through the unique glass of Milwaukee Road Skytop Lounge observation "Cedar Rapids" built in 1948 for the Twin Cities Hiawathas.