It may look like a race, but it's really the turtle vs. the sloth. Both Upper River Services LLC's Itasca and Union Pacific's YSP80 03 are making less than 10 mph through Dayton's Bluff.
A Blue Island, IL/IHB to Minot, ND auto rack train rolls past the 'cutoff' at Union Junction.
Looking pretty close to when it was delivered to the GB&W in 1965, 313 has kept the same number and had only two owners during it's 53 year life. 313 has been frequenting the Hugo Job, which was ... (more)
A pair of BNSF SD40-2s head light through St. Paul
UP YSPMP 03 returns from East Minneapolis Yard to South St Paul Yard. It was nice to catch a trio of standard cabs on Dayton's Bluff.
A huge St Paul, MN to Alyth, AB train 197 pulls out of Pigs Eye to double up their train. Weighing in at 27/206 cars, 10049 tons & 13422’; it is little wonder they couldn't get communication wi... (more)
Old Burlington Northern station signs are great.
UP SD60M 2304 sits in a small yard in St Paul.
A 5-pack of TCW engines bring a manifest train towards Saint Paul, MN.
The CP transfer flies alongside the CP Saint Paul yard to reverse in from the East end at Newport
A pair of GE's chug out of Saint Paul yard with the daily St Paul, MN - Calgary Alyth, AB manifest/intermodal train.
BNSF 2571 + 2785 haul a 65 car drag towards the CP yard at Saint Paul
A yard transfer heads towards CP's Pigs Eye yard behind a great leader. UP 1995, 2215, 7862, 6481, 7251. Talk about luck, timing was everything as the BNSF H EOLNTW5 29 started through, thankfully... (more)
A lone Dash 9 is all it takes to handle this string of baretables passing the wye at Division Street.
A quartet of GEs leads an eastbound BNSF intermodal train as it comes off of the hill and exits the wye at Division Street.