The Brainerd Local has some non-cascade green power for a change and proceeds west over the bridge that the Northern Pacific built to cross the Mississippi River.
Regular Merchandise Train from Kansas City to St. Paul heading north towards LaCrescent. Late afternoon northbound trains on this piece of railroad are rare.
Regular Merchandise Train from St. Paul - Kansas City heads south towards Marquette, IA.
Veteran SD-M 301 leads an SD38 and SD40-3 downgrade towards Duluth with empty limestone side dump cars.
E-Rail empties roll off the Oliver Bridge as they arrive at Steelton Yard in western Duluth.
EMD 9070 and sibling take a loaded coal train over the frozen Partridge River in Aldrich.
Three aging CP units lead a grain train through a broad curve and over a fairly new bridge.
Special GN "mixed" train heads across the Knife River along Lake Superior as part of the Lake Superior RR Museum's Railfan Weekend.
Two C44's march across the trestle just east of Frazee with a stack train in tow.
BNSF 9401 rolling along southwestern Minnesota towards the TwinCities to be interchanged with the SOO/CP. Then to run down to Portage, Wi on trackage rights. See photo id 156533 to see it a day ... (more)
Just minutes before the St. Paul - Kansas City Merchandise Train appearred, local kids were using the bridge for their diving board.
Two ex-BN SD60Ms lead 6 other EMD locomotives over the Gull River east of Pillager
Eight years afer CGW merged into the C&NW, RS2 52 still wears its CGW colors pulling a local across the Cannon River.
