After taking the siding in town to meet a grain train, a stack train continues southeast with Hannaford at its back. Note the snow still sticking around in the trench despite a few days with tempe... (more)

A hot Z-train continues southeast across an empty field as the setting sun bathes it in a fiery hue.

Far from home rails, a marvelously colorful KCS "southern belle" is in the lead of a shuttle grain train on one of BNSF's branch lines in North Dakota.

A loaded grain train fresh from the Finley shuttle elevator about 14 miles away has a magnificent lead locomotive in the form of a KCS "southern belle" SD70ACe. You think the Canadian Geese were i... (more)

The Mayville Local pulls into its namesake city on a pleasant Friday afternoon. The crew will spend some time switching industries in town before tying the train down, resting, and getting back ab... (more)

Eastbound grain loads pass alongside what will soon be the site of a realigned four-lane U.S. Highway 10 in Detroit Lakes. The building seen on the left is the former Northern Pacific depot and is... (more)

A Dash 8 and an Oakway SD60 team up to lead a long manifest train east near Staples.

The ex-BN 9208 and two Oakway SD60s pull a coal train east through Motley at the site of an ugly collision and derailment a few months ago. The lead SD60M on this train should hold a special place... (more)

The setting sun bathes the containers of a Z train in a brilliant golden hue as the train races to the crew change point at the Dilworth yard a few miles away.

Due to an avalanche risk and having to bus passengers between Whitefish, MT and Havre, MT the long way through Missoula, MT, the eastbound Empire Builder is running about 11 hours late as... (more)

One of the first coal loads destined to MERC in Superior, WI following the terminal's annual mid-January maintenance shutdown splits the signals at East Dilworth, the westernmost terminus of the S... (more)

The Amtrak station may be to the right, but the incapacitated AMTK 23 isn't headed in that direction. In reality, it (along with two other Amtrak locomotives) is uncoupled from the rest of the more)

A beleaguered Empire Builder pulls around the west leg of the wye at West Grand Forks and into the depot to pick up and drop off approximately 25 passengers. At this point, the train is a... (more)

An empty coal train taking the seldom used route from Cohasset, MN to the mines blows up a little bit of freshly fallen snow as it comes across the Mississippi River bridge in Brainerd. With about... (more)

The 2007 Holiday Train is giving its last show in Minnesota as children play on a pile of snow next to the locomotive and a curious family prepares to gets its photo taken in front of the train. M... (more)