Typical Proctor Road Switch power pulls a long string of side dumps down from Missabe JCT, which will be spotted at the Lakehead facility for loading.

A Keenan Switch crew brings commercial traffic south through Grand Lake with two of the three remaining SDMs.

IATR 60 crests a short but steep grade with a string of scrap gons. The 60's appears to be the oldest unit on the roster.

A battered Warbonnet and a NS visitor hustle eastbound through Oakland, passing through a gap in the containers on the eastbound CP #183.

A pair of BNSF Geeps shove a healthy cut of stacks back into BNSF's Midway Intermodal Facility.

The rising sun reveals a mixture of Alco, MLW and GE products at the MNNR's Cleveland Roundhouse. MNNR 56 is an SF30C.

A combination of MLW and GE power a 38 car transfer from New Brighton to Midway Yard.

A pair of loaded coal trains wait in the snow for their turn to unload at Midwest Energy.

Dawn at Dilworth. Two GE's have been serviced by the fine Dilworth mechanical folks and await their next assignment. Taken with permission.

A mixture of EMD and GE products is back underway with a manifest train in tow. The train had stopped temporarily to avoid blocking crossings while waiting for a northbound Z-train.

A nice clean consist leads an empty all-rail to Minntac as it passes through Saginaw on a beautiful fall day. SD70ACe's are relatively rare in Northern Minnesota and it is even more unusual to see... (more)

The CN crew aboard this BNSF all-rail train is making good time ascending the steep Steelton hill. Although the fall colors are past peak, Ely's peak in the background still makes for a great back... (more)

You know that you need a paint job when the patches are the best looking paint. At least the old SD is still earning her keep.

A pair of SWs has just finished spotting a shuttle train at the Duluth AGP elevator and is waiting for the CP switch job to clear up.

A Z-train splits the signals and crosses over from Main 2 to Main 1 after running around a lower priority empty grain train.