Canadian National's L506 slowly rolls across the wooden trestle that spans Columbia Parkway as it makes its way over CP's Withrow Sub on the final leg of its journey into Minneapolis, Minnesota. A... (more)

Three EMD veterans lead a loaded ore train over the Cloquet River.

A pair of Indiana Railroad SD60s (ex-SOO) pull a loaded coal train across the former Milwaukee Road bridge spanning the Mississippi River.

CP's Pigs Eye to Humboldt transfer heads west over the Mississippi River at Camden.

Yes, it was a cold one.

Two unique to Canadian Pacific SD30C-ECO locomotives lead the daily Tracy, MN to Chicago manifest over the Cottonwood River just east of New Ulm, MN in May 2018.

An eastbound coal train crosses the Red River between Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN in September 2020.

Royalty over the Mississippi River Canadian Pacific's business train, led by a trio of F9s, crosses over the Mississippi River at Camden as the train begins its journey from St. Paul to Cal... (more)

An empty BNSF ballast train crosses the Mississippi River at St Cloud on a nice autumn morning. It has just a few miles left of its trip to the Martin Marietta quarry on the other side of town for... (more)

Light power to pull Lakehead pulls down the Hole Track while DMIR 408 and two sisters spot empties high above on Dock 6. The sun was out for a cumulative of 15 seconds in the few minutes I was on ... (more)

DMIR 193 leads the Two Harbors Fall Colors train back towards Duluth on a gloomy fall day.

DM&IR #193 crosses the bridge in Palmers on the return trip to Duluth.

An eastbound Twin Cities & Western train crosses the Redwood River at North Redwood, MN along the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway line, now known as the Minnesota Prairie Line. This is both ... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern local, powered by venerable EMD SD9 No. 6150, crosses a bridge near Holman, Minnesota, on September 23, 1994.

The westbound Empire Builder soaks in the last rays of sunlight along the shores of Lake Pepin at Maple Springs. Soon a timetable change will set back the departure from Chicago making the train ... (more)