The BNSF 8907 waits on their empties as the BNSF 9353 has just pulled in the yard and tied down. The M-GFDSUP will be arrive shortly and passing on the main.

The very last axle of the train is rolling over the MP93 defect detector as the train slows for a joint authority between MP93 and MP95. (For the guy that always asks what the leaders were on DPU... (more)

Right at sunset when twilight was taking over, the M-GFDSUP rolls east on the Grand Forks Sub. The train is highlighted by an opening in the tree line as they pass over a dip in the tracks just w... (more)

I'm sure there were days when this vintage SD ran over these very tracks in freight service.

With taconite production pretty much completely haulted in Minnesota... this is about the best DMIR action you can get these days.

Two SDM's and the Soo 700 roll south on the North Shore.

As the last rays of sunlight turn to twilight, just the outline of a trio of SD60's and the reflecting sunlight off some bethgon hoppers are lit. The busy Staples Sub never has time to rust which... (more)

My nephew (5 y/o) waits to shut the video camera off four seconds after the DPU unit passes by us. He does a great job, but forgets to be quite sometimes and the camera picks up his excitment.

Putting on a great horn show for my 5y/o nephew that was standing next to me...

One of the very few BN(SF) units equipped with flashing ditch lights blasts over a grade crossing as they work their way east, about to cross under the old Soo Line bridge. Traffic on the Staples... (more)

Just when we thought winter was over... the snow removal tractor still sits next to the station sign, though the snow was heavy, I doubt it'll be needed. The worst part is, it was 80 degrees just... (more)

In a cruel April Fool's Day Joke... mother nature has dropped a fresh ten inches of snow across the area.

Busting through the grade crossing after a blizzard cleared out the night before. Video and other photos here.<... (more)

A train of mostly empty ribbon rail cars pulls in next to the Cass Lake local.

Finally a new angle around Cass Lake... I plan on shooting here again. A short hike through the woods, a climb over a small hill, and a small tree climb results in the new angle. The hardest par... (more)