Pumpkin spice season is upon us. The PNWR Toledo Hauler curves off a small trestle into a labyrinth of trees and leaves. For the most part, this year's fall colors in the northwest have been annih... (more)

BNSF 2708 (GP39-2) provides a little Burlington Northern Cascade Green color to the pumpkin patch engines.

A hole in the clouds has opened up late in the afternoon of a February day as a westbound TC&W train behind 5 locomotives approaches the sugar beet plant at Ruebel between Danube and Renville, MN.... (more)

On a bitterly cold February day, the Twin Cities & Western was out on the far western end of the Minnesota Prairie Line to retrieve some covered hoppers from storage. They're seen passing the old ... (more)

A pair of Dakota and Iowa units work the south end of the small yard at Hawarden.

Making its way east on the Wayzata Sub, the Willmar East local heads into Litchfield with a geep and SD for power.

After spending over an hour sorting cars on the elevator tracks at Delhi, an eastbound Twin Cities & Western train accelerates out of town at the blistering track speed of 10 mph on this former Mi... (more)

The Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority, which owns this former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway line, is making steady progress on upgrading the track and right of way along its entire length.... (more)

An eastbound Twin Cities & Western train crosses the Redwood River at North Redwood, MN along the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway line, now known as the Minnesota Prairie Line. This is both ... (more)

VANCOUVER WA July 7 2011 — Under a cloudy sky and with diesel exhaust blowing up and to the right Portland & Western GP39-2 2317 (former Santa Fe 3616) proceeds north at the Amtrak station. The ... (more)

The mountains are still glowing as the sun sinks lower behind them, while WAMX 3921 waits for its next job in Dickinson Yard. The former Western Maryland GP35 may not be on its home rails, but it ... (more)

Most of my visits to the Copper Basin found this siding occupied with storage cars...but not today!

After making a delivery and picking up a few cars at the Clark Maritine Center LIRC J12A starts to head back to their yard. LIRC 2302 was built for the KATY as their 376 before going to the UP as... (more)

Ore empties are drifting from Hayden to the mine at Ray for more loading. At the time, trains schedules had been altered a bit from their traditional round-the-clock ops, but what the railroad ru... (more)

BNSF Bluebonnet 2854 (GP39-2) still looks great in the original AT&SF paint.