277s train is tied down waiting for a fresh crew before heading west on the old DM&E.

With a new warrant copied, train #277 makes a pull at Minnesota City behind 4 dash-2's and 111 cars.

Some excellent evening light shines on a Twin Cities bound Canadian Pacific train at Minnesota City, putting an exclamation point to a summer-like day in October.

Minutes after sun-up, ACe 9274 drags its massive loaded coal train out of the siding at Minnesota City, after meeting a pair of westbounds.

One of the units used in the movie "Unstoppable" leads train 330 through Minnesota City. Of the four used in the movie, two have had their plows repainted black by CP.

A perfectly matching blue and yellow trio begin their climb of Stockton Hill on a beautiful September afternoon.

They sure got the order of this lash-up correct! CSX SD40-2 8067 heads a pair of 400 series CSX AC44's on loaded coke train #804.

CP 5957, Soo 6060, CITX 3102, and IC&E 6217 give it all they can departing Minnesota City after a 5 train meet. This train got stuck up at Lakeview around 09:00 due to a broken rail, and by the ti... (more)

An MRL SD40-2XR and a pair of candy apple Soo SD60's race westward through Minnesota City on empty coke train #891.

Yet again I return to my favorite barn shot, this time with IC&E 6217 leading ethanol empties train #627.

BNSF 8281 has the honors of leading a tardy Amtrak 8 today. Looks like another cruddy P42 crapped out, so BNSF sent this motor to the rescue.

After holding for a northbound, CP 5919 and Soo 6045 head south in the evening sun through Minnesota City. After a slow day along the CP River Sub this was a pleasant surprise and a great way to ... (more)

I was headed up Highway 61 to chase the Westbound CNW freight out of Winona, when I saw a headlight in the distance on the Milwaukee Main. I pulled over and grabbed this Eastbound Sprint train, be... (more)

CP 277 gets underway at Minnesota City. This area was hit hard by a flood a few years ago, thus all the fresh rip rap.

If anyone's wondering, Nick Benson is still taking photos.