A short train shuttles between St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Fall colors and shopping cart at milepost 416.

A pair of CP SD40's shove a cut of cars over the hump at Pig's Eye Yard. On the main, a vehicle train is making its way out of the Twin Cities with a BNSF in charge.

CP 6246 shoves a transfer into UP's South St. Paul Yard, with help from a KCS SD70ACe.

Minnesota Commercial B30-7 #54 leads its train around the curve as it approaches St. Anthony Interlocking. The Commercial Alcos are now sidelined, but the Dash 7's are still going strong.

Three hours late allowed a sun lit shot in this valley of trees.

Canadian Pacific Railway SD30C-ECO 5044 was built by General Motors Diesel as CP SD40-2 5729 in October 0975. It was rebuilt by Bombardier Transportation (in Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo, México) in... (more)

CNW 4705 switches cars near Hoffman Avenue in St. Paul, MN. in the waning light of a beautiful day in October of 1992.

A clean CP ES44AC leads a westbound out of Pig's Eye Yard at "Hoffman" in St. Paul.

EB grain passing by the familiar cliffs with some classic power. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

A Twin Cities & Western freight passes through downtown St. Paul, MN on its way to CPKC's Pigs Eye Yard on the south side of the city. Today's train consists of four Geeps, the third of which wear... (more)

A Twin Cities & Western freight arrives in downtown St. Paul, MN - today with a quartet of Geeps. The train is making its way eastward towards Union Depot, which it will pass to the south as it ma... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder rolls out of St. Paul, MN after completing its scheduled stop at St. Paul Union Depot downtown and is see here making its way down the Mississippi River as it begins the fi... (more)

BNSF 6688 (ES44C4) looks great in the early morning sunlight as it rolls out of St. Paul, MN with an eastbound intermodal for Chicago, seen here from the bluff at Indian Mounds Regional Park.

Leaning into a curve, this train is near its destination.