It's a cold Minnesota night made evident by the icicles hanging off the roof of the St. Croix Valley Railroad office as the two geeps idle nearby keeping themselves warm.
Arriving and now departing under the cover of darkness, the crew on board CN 6024 calls RTC to say they are loaded out and ready to depart Fairlane and head back to Proctor with 144 loads of tacon... (more)
A couple of old DM&IR M.o.W. carts rest near the end of the track while a 120 car string of old DM&IR quad sets rest waiting for warmer weather and the return (hopefully) to BFT service.
An out bound Metra passenger train heads north out of Chicago Union Station. Construction equipment can be seen on the left preparing the ground for a new high rise apartment building along the ri... (more)