Merchandise from British Columbia sweeps through a large curve just east of Barrett, MN on its way to Chicago.

Though both elevators in the background are still active, neither are serviced by BNSF grain trains any longer.

Eastbound merchandise for St. Paul sails through the sweeping curve outside of Brooten as it heads to Murray for a meet.

Behind this General Electric leader, priority intermodal from Cicero Yard in Chicago cruises west through the prairie.

The daily priority intermodal train for Laurel, MT is back on the Appleton Sub, complete with 48 axles and 8,800 hp.

After a long wait in the siding at Murray, merchandise from St. Paul heads west into a very bright sunset.

A pair of veteran Soo Line locomotives tug hard on eastbound grain loads as they snake through Rockford, MN.

Double stacks from Tacoma, WA cruise east through downtown Elk River an a brisk late summer morning.

Manifest from Grand Forks, ND has finally returned to the Morris sub after almost of year on the Staples Sub.

The Empire Builder is right on time as it passes just below downtown St. Paul on a beautiful September morning.

The first eastbound Northstar train is already full of Twins fans heading to this afternoon's game at Target Field.

After meeting an eastbound at Wayzata, a Norfolk Southern catfish kicks out all kinds of heat leaving the siding.

After a brief station stop and crew change, a very late Empire Builder is back on the move eastbound for St. Paul.

It's a brisk morning along the Mississippi River as this eastbound manifest passes by the large Verso Paper Mill in Sartell.

The eastbound Empire Builder is right on time as slows for a station stop in La Crosse, WI.