It's nights like this that make the Minnesota winter worth it.

CP 801 heads through Hoffman with an empty coke train for Roseport.

It's nice to see remnants of the CNW still rolling around in 2010. This unit made my night. 18 more trains in the next 2 hours was the icing on the cake.

The Ford Hauler brings a string of empty auto racks through downtown Saint Paul. The bridge of the right is Union Pacific's Robert Street lift bridge.

At the first hint of dawn, Canadian Pacific 4614 and a sister unit have just arrived back at the yard after taking the Ford Hauler up to the Ford Plant, while the Shakopee power - a pair of former... (more)

A pair of ex-Milwaukee Road MP15ACs greet the dawn at Canadian Pacific's St. Paul Yard in Minnesota.

Amtrak's Empire Builder climbs the short grade up to the former Saint Paul Union Depot. The station hasn't served passenger trains in years, but that could soon be changing with plans to restore ... (more)

This locomotive once hauled main line freight through the Canadian rockies; it's now used as a hump engine at Canadian Pacific's ex-Milwaukee Road yard in St. Paul. It's seen during shift change ... (more)

Minnesota Transportation Museum volunteers Phil Wellman (left) and Andy Inserra are working on moving the headlight on MTM's SDP40. The locomotive was delivered with a high headlight as Great Nort... (more)

ES44AC and two SD70MACs wait to return empties to the Iron Range.

Let's go around he table and introduce everyone--Left to right-- GP38-2 792 EMDX, SD70MAC 9805 BNSF, ES44AC 5762 BNSF-- on a lovely evening in Saint Paul.

Bath time. SDP40 325 gets its annual spring wash while the Ben does the shop switching for the day...

This spot gets good morning sun for just a few months of the year when the sun is far enough north to get up above the bluffs before swinging over to the othe side of the tracks.

Right on time.