Coal loads head east over the Gull River on a very nice April afternoon. I've always wanted a shot here and today was finally the day.

Built in 1893 by the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, the bridge over the Kettle River hosts trains on the BNSF Hinckley Subdivision, including foreign run thru trains such as this CP 250... (more)

Cruising back to their home yard at Kelly Lake after switching loads of bentonite clay for these empties at the Minorca mine, the namesake local rumbles across the steel trestle over Dempsey Creek... (more)

Canadian Pacific's Shoreham Transfer Job H17 rolls west behind a pair of GP20C-ECO's as it crosses over the Mississippi River on the Paynesville Subdivision. The train is heading back towards Humb... (more)

A taconite pellet train is being unloaded on the famous Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railroad's Dock 6 in Duluth, MN. As the sun rises at 0700 hrs, the train catches enough light to provide this m... (more)

The Saskatoon to St. Paul manifest heads over the Mississippi River at Camden.

On a beautiful summer morning, the Twin Cities & Western is moving some grain loads east on the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway behind a single locomotive, seen crossing the Redwood River at... (more)

The Two Harbors turn heads over a small trestle in Palmers as they head north to Two Harbors on a haze’ and humid morning.

Canadian National's L506 slowly rolls across the wooden trestle that spans Columbia Parkway as it makes its way over CP's Withrow Sub on the final leg of its journey into Minneapolis, Minnesota. A... (more)

Three EMD veterans lead a loaded ore train over the Cloquet River.

A pair of Indiana Railroad SD60s (ex-SOO) pull a loaded coal train across the former Milwaukee Road bridge spanning the Mississippi River.

Yes, it was a cold one.

Two unique to Canadian Pacific SD30C-ECO locomotives lead the daily Tracy, MN to Chicago manifest over the Cottonwood River just east of New Ulm, MN in May 2018.

An eastbound coal train crosses the Red River between Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN in September 2020.

Royalty over the Mississippi River Canadian Pacific's business train, led by a trio of F9s, crosses over the Mississippi River at Camden as the train begins its journey from St. Paul to Cal... (more)