Westbound coal empties with a single GE leading. The DP unit was an SD70MAC.

New ES44C4's bring a Superior-bound coal train through Staples with a GE test car in tow. Two more of the new units are shoving on the rear, giving BNSF and GE a good look at how these A1A trucke... (more)

A tropical scene on a below zero morning in Staples.

Trio of GE's handle a stack train passing by the Staples Depot.

Great Northern-inspired SD70ACe idlesat Staples, Minnesota where Northern Pacific green was once King.

A pair of C-44's head east over the labour day weekend

While waiting for my Amtrak train to arrive, I shot this pair of GP's under the yard lights in Staples. The crew would take this train east ahead of Amtrak which signaled my train would be runnin... (more)

Chances are BNSF 4479 was once an H-2 that went peach, and was repainted to this H3 scheme.

On a hazy August morning in Staples yard, a pair of DPU motors idle as they wait for word to lean into coal loads bound for Superior.

Eastbounds wait for crews in Staples yard. SD40-2's have been getting more scarce in the area as newer power is delivered, but there were two leading trains on this day.

A pair of executive painted SD70MAC's lead an empty coal train west.

A short 188 axle merchandise train drifts into Staples yard behind what would normally be power for a much longer and heavier coal train.

Loaded coal trains stacked up in the Staples yard await crews to take them down the line.

A Dash 8 and an Oakway SD60 team up to lead a long manifest train east near Staples.

An Eastbound Coal loads leaves Staples on the Brainerd sub headed for MERC in Superior.