A lengthy St. Cloud local passes a stopped manifest on main two as it returns home after a trip to Northtown.

A long regular manifest train for the Canadian border in Noyes, MN has gotten out of town before the afternoon commuter trains.

Doing every bit of 60mph, priority intermodal for Chicago, IL really kicks up a blizzard.

After a long rainy weekend, the sun finally breaks through some early morning fog to shine light on the Empire Builder. Again, the train is running about an hour late, which seems to be the norm ... (more)

"Vintage" power leads this manifest past a stack train at the MP 66 crossover.

Detouring coal empties from East Lake, OH easily keep track speed behind a brand new locomotive.

Diesel fuel loads for Havre, MT from Chicago, IL head west through the curves in Clear Lake, MN.

A pair of EMDs head west with a long loaded vehicle train for Portland, OR.

Priority intermodal from South Seattle, WA to Cicero Yard in Chicago, IL passes over the double crossover at MP 66.

Today's Grand Forks - Northtown leans through a super elevated curve in downtown Clear Lake, MN.

A solid autorack train rounds the corner on the edge of Clear Lake close on the heads of a Z train leading the pack.

Here come the EMD elephants as coal empties smoke it up past their loaded counterpart waiting for traffic to clear.

High priority intermodal heads for South Seattle, WA past a stopped empty phosphate train back on main track 2.

What do you do when the sun visor doesn't work? You use newspaper of course, just like this practical BNSF crew.

The daily local cruises back to St. Cloud through the last light of the day.