A trainload of empty garbage containers heads south on the Shasta Route. The train was operated from Roosevelt, Washington by BNSF. Union Pacific will take the train to Suisun-Fairfield, where it ... (more)

Repainted BLE 900 leads ore empties North through Fayal.

Two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, a Rio Grande tunnel motor leads a trainload of Oregon forest products on a southbound train. The next crew change will be at Klamath Falls,... (more)

Larry's Truck never disappoints with the variety of relics on display. Heading up a row of old iron horses the SP 9391, Originally built as the St. Louis Southwestern RR "COTTON BELT" 93... (more)

Hauling taconite pellets.

Coming down from the border town of Ranier, MN, BLE 906 adds to the color along with the boxcars in an otherwise brown scene as they head for Proctor on the CN Missabe Sub.

A nice power set for the T-Bird on this day.

Proudly leading an ore train like it's done so many times before the Dash 8s took over in the CN ore pool. On this day one of the Dash 8s had a mechanical failure and the old workhorse was called... (more)

Kind of a rare event when one of the Dash 8s suffered mechanical failure with DMIR 400 and DMIR 404 being called from Two Harbors to run up to the Minorca mine and "rescue" the train and... (more)

The sun is setting as a trio of tunnelmotors pull a loaded taconite train south through Fairlane as they head back to Proctor, MN.

Frost is covering everything as a trio of BLE tunnelmotors come down from Minntac with empty limestone side dumps as they head back to Proctor yard.

The early morning cold is everywhere as the sun comes up while BLE 900 is rolling south back to Proctor yard with steaming taconite pellets.

Veteran Missabe tunnelmotors pulling vintage DMIR ore cars in the winter on Minnesota's Iron Range.

Over two and a half years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, you could still see lots of Espee. Having just crossed the Oregon/California state line, a solid set of tunnel motors with ... (more)

After delivering limestone to the Minorca mine, a trio of BLEs led by BLE 906 come down the CN Rainy Sub at sunset catching a few of the last rays of the day.