An empty BNSF ballast train crosses the Mississippi River at St Cloud on a nice autumn morning. It has just a few miles left of its trip to the Martin Marietta quarry on the other side of town for... (more)

Light power to pull Lakehead pulls down the Hole Track while DMIR 408 and two sisters spot empties high above on Dock 6. The sun was out for a cumulative of 15 seconds in the few minutes I was on ... (more)

DMIR 193 leads the Two Harbors Fall Colors train back towards Duluth on a gloomy fall day.

An eastbound Burlington Northern local, powered by venerable EMD SD9 No. 6150, crosses a bridge near Holman, Minnesota, on September 23, 1994.

The westbound Empire Builder soaks in the last rays of sunlight along the shores of Lake Pepin at Maple Springs. Soon a timetable change will set back the departure from Chicago making the train ... (more)

The Vancouver to Chicago intermodal heads over the Rockford trestle early in the morning. This shot wasn't possible until recent tree clearing occured, opening up a new angle on the north side of ... (more)

A former Union Pacific and Iowa Chicago & Eastern snoot nosed SD40-2 leads the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern's westbound train from Mankato across Plum Creek just west of Walnut Grove, MN.

A stack train heading south on the CN Rainy sub crosses over the Cloquet River near Twig, MN on a hot and muggy morning. Disclosure-there were many many mosquitos killed in the taking of this pho... (more)

A loaded train of crushed raw taconite (blast furnace trim) makes its way across the Whiteface River in Kelsey, MN with a nice mix of power.

The Denver and Rio Grand heritage unit was in St. Paul for Train Days and now is on its way to Iowa.

CN 2107 crossing over the St. Louis River.

Pulling freight through the snow crossing over the St. Louis River on the CN Rainy sub.

UP 8560 leads seven engines across the UP vertical lift bridge in St. Paul which is between the Robert and Wabasha bridges.

CP H37, the Northfield, crosses the Robert Street Lift Bridge with a CP SD60 and NS Dash 9 for power. Get your shots now, as it was recently announced that UP plans to replace this 110 year old br... (more)

A grain train heads eastbound over the bridge at Camden in North Minneapolis on a bright November morning. Funnily enough, this wouldn't be the only ex Soo Line bridge I'd shoot on this day, as la... (more)