A loaded taconite train is getting ready to depart the United Taconite Fairlane Plant and head south toward Proctor. Shortly afterwards an empty T-bird will head back north toward the Thunderbird... (more)

A loaded T-bird heads south toward the United Taconite Fairlane Plant.

On the CP Paynesville Sub even a BNSF GEVO is a welcome sight sometimes. Like most of CP trains in this neck of the woods lately, this was another one unit wonder. Unfortunately this photo is no... (more)

Taking a break from the SRG Birthday Express, the SOO 2500 poses in perfect evening light. It was built in 1949 as an EMD demonstrator locomotive, numbered 7001. Soo Line bought 7001 and renumber... (more)

A Dresser trap rock train shoving in to be loaded. CP 6248 CP 2202 CP 5041

The BNSF Denver to Provo manifest winds its way along the Book Cliffs of eastern Utah near Thompson.

Canadian Pacific grain train 381, lead by NS 2599, flies under Peony Lane.

A pair of SD ECO's lead the H20 across the the Mississippi River in Hastings. CP 5041 CP 5043

Just east of Loretto, a trio of BNSF power pulls through one of the numerous sags on the CP Paynesville Sub.

Job 8 with UP 1121 and 1447 shoves down the mainline past Valleyfair in Shakopee MN. Meanwhile a rollercoaster is just about finished climbing up the hill to start its drop.

The D&NE 28 poses as DM&IR 332 at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum for a night photo session. The restored 2-8-0 (consolidation) locomotive was built in 1906 by the Pittsburgh Works of American L... (more)

MRL 4408 leads the daily night gas train up Evaro Hill.

Daybreak brings a thick fog over the Clark Fork River as the MRL Day Gas train heads toward Thompson Falls, Montana.

A trio of MRL blue SD40-2s lead a combined Jimbo and empty rail train back to Missoula, MN along the MRL 10th subdivision. MRL 255 MRL 257 MRL 259

The 2nd most photographed barn in Montana. This shot of the MRL's Missoula to Laurel (ML) with 4403 and 4313 turned our to be our last shot of the trip before heading back to the airport.