BNSF 9843 leads a coal train out of St. Paul, Minnesota down a very cold and ice covered Mississippi River past Lock and Dam #2 near Hastings. Lock and Dam #2 was built original built in 1907. Fol... (more)

A trio of SD60's and some mixed freight rattle the steel as they roll across the ex-Milwaukee Road (note herald) ex-Soo Line now CP Rail drawbridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Hastings,... (more)

Amtrak heritage unit 184 throttles up as it accelerates out of Hastings, following an unscheduled stop to tend to an overheated passenger.

A very late train No. 8, led by heritage unit No. 184, rolls across the Mississippi River into Hastings. The train made a brief stop for paramedics to check out a passenger suffering from heat st... (more)

The ex-Milwaukee drawbridge hosts an Eastbound run through coal train with a schnazzy SD70ACe leader.

The Empire Builder exits over the south side of the Mississippi River Lift Bridge that still bears signs of its Milwaukee Road heritage. Next stop: Red Wing, MN.

CP 170 rolls through Hastings as storms move into the metro after another hot summer day.

170s train crosses the Mighty Mississippi at Hastings with a trio of blue and yellows.

ICE 6420 and leaser GCFX 3088 rumble east along the CP River sub.

CP 498 crosses the former Milwaukee Road Lift Bridge across the Mississippi River in Hastings.

One of the SOO cabooses in the brown scheme brings up the rear of a NB SOO local.

The eastbound CP road local crosses the Mississippi river. With work at many of the towns along the river, it will be a long trip to La Crosse.

SOO mixed freight with two SD60's running elephant style is coming off the SOO River Sub and entering the Joint Line Sub at St. Croix interlocking at 4:12PM. From here to St. Paul trackage is shar... (more)

They're back....After spending a year and a half in storage due to a down turn in traffic, a pair of BNSF SD60M's are back on the road hauling freight.

The Empire Builder left the Twin Cities right on time, but 25 miles to the southeast that is no longer the case. The dispatcher recieved a signal that the lift bridge across the Mississippi in th... (more)