On May 2-11, I had the immense privilege to witness CP 2816, the "Empress" 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive, make its trek south on the Final Spike Steam Tour celebrating the Canadian Pacif... (more)

On May 2-11, I had the immense privilege to witness CP 2816, the "Empress" 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive, make its trek south on the Final Spike Steam Tour celebrating the Canadian Pacif... (more)

CP 2816 "Empress" passes through Donehower, MN.

On May 2-11, I had the immense privilege to witness CP 2816, the "Empress" 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive, make its trek south on the Final Spike Steam Tour celebrating the Canadian Pacif... (more)

The Northtown to Lincoln manifest heads west in the evening sun through downtown Cokato.

A nice spring morning as an iron ore train rolls through the quiet landscape.

GTW 6223 doing some switching chores on the south end of CN's Keenan Yard.

After departing the Minorca mine and dropping down the southside of the Laurentian Divide, CN 2031 next prepares for a meet at the former DW&P yard at Virginia before continuing on towards Two Har... (more)

Preparing to shove back loads of iron ore pellets onto CN dock 6 to fill the waiting boat. A lot will change to this scene in the coming years as the trees grow higher, the older EMDs go away and ... (more)

In beautiful evening light, a single H2 Dash 9 brings a relatively short grain train south through the Buffalo Ridge between Ruthton and Holland on the former Great Northern line between Willmar, ... (more)

My 2,000th photo on railpictures: A westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train makes its way through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge at one of my favorite locations to photograph trains in Minnes... (more)

With four SD40-2s on the point and 92 cars in tow, this westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train makes a fine sight as it negotiates the rolling countryside of southwest Minnesota on a perfect... (more)

On its maiden run back to Proctor yard, CN 3323 waits in the siding at Kelsey for a meet with a northbound limestone train led by CN 3203. Big GEs and like it or not, this will be the face of the... (more)

CN 3323's first trip in ore service since a rebuild plus having a straight air system installed and with the shiny new ore cars trailing behind fully loaded with iron ore pellets from United Tacon... (more)

Reaching its destination with a short cut of cars.