The evening shift starts at Rice's Point.
A quiet Sunday morning at Cenex.
Nosing into Wisconsin, amid the adulation of many rail fans, to hook up to the 261.
Slowly creeping into Proctor Yard is an MRF. the yard goats, DMIR 215 and 211, will sort their cars out to be shipped.
Just underway to start a day of moving gons full of reclaimed steel scrap to be recycled into rebars and billets.
No the 261 did not travel back in time. I do wonder how much rutabagas cost in the old girl's prime.
The evening shift is underway for Bandit 4512. Drilling cars to be taken across to Stinson Yard in Superior.
ES44AC 8806 and a tired looking beaver head into Saint Paul Yard on what became a fine morning after the clouds were chased out of Saint Paul.
A morning of battling snow squalls, hail, wind gusts and rain pays off as a resplendent 261 traverses the span at Sandstone en route to Duluth.
It seemed like everytime we lined up for a shot on this National Train Day, clouds rushed overhead. Not this time, the clouds were over Rice's Point as a former Oakway SD60, looking great in new p... (more)
After a short stop in Hinckley, 261 takes the curve at Brook Park headed back to the Cities. The foamer convoy followed.
As hundreds of railfans did this weekend, Amtrak P42DC rushes to hook up with the 261.
Just after sun peeked over the mountains, a northbound traverses Iona Island trestle en route to a meet at M.P. 43.
The wreck of the 4663 was towed into Northtown on Friday, April 13th. the damage was caused when a trestle collapsed under the C44-9. There were no major injuries suffered by the crew.
A flag waving SD70 leads a southbound. [#.1000]