The eastbound Empire Builder crosses the Mississippi River in Hastings with AMTK 184 40th anniversary unit and FRA's DOTX 221 "office of safety" car.

A trio of helper (shover) units roll past CN train 8890 at control point Gary on Steelton Hill in far western Duluth. Fall color was good this year in northeastern Minnesota.

IC 3120 and GTW 4906 return from switching at Dyno Noble headed back to Keenan yard crossing over the former Duluth Missabe and Northern (DM&N) then the DMIR and now the CN bridge along the CN Iro... (more)

The daily St. Paul to KC freight train departs LaCrescent for the next crew change point at Marquette, IA, 59 miles ahead. The train rolls along the Marquette Sub as they past over some swampy bac... (more)

After handing off to a CN crew to load this all-rail train at U.S. Steel Minntac, it is now back with a BNSF crew as they head back west (RR north) along the CN Keenan Sub while crossing one of th... (more)

Of all the locations along the Minnesota Prairie Line between Morton and Delhi, this is the one that's eluded me the most. I've got one other picture from here of an eastbound a few years ago, but... (more)

A trio of 2nd generation EMD's sits on the ore docks of Duluth, MN

A trio of SD40 variants leads a Southbound ore train towards Proctor and eventually the ore dock in Duluth.

A pair of CN SD60’s leading the MRF or the Proctor-International Falls manifest over the Cloquet River.

MNNR RS27 316 works the Hennepin job. Note the passenger car behind the 316.

After acquiring Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway in 1982, Soo Line operated a passenger special from Humboldt Yard in Minneapolis to Northfield and return in September 1984. Leading the ... (more)

MNNR 43 & 44 cross I-694 entering Long Lake Regional Park on its way to Fridley.

An unusual sighting for BNSF crossing this bridge as the former Soo Line track is now owned by CP.

UP 3632 leads an empty coal train south on CP's line along the Mississippi River south of Reno, MN. The low trestle remains wooden, holding up a ballasted deck and heavy trains.

A trio of EMD's have just dropped a loaded iron ore train on the ore dock in Duluth, Minnesota as the sun rises. The consist is in the process of pulling down past the crossover and will then run ... (more)