The Empire Builder is right on schedule as it passes through a slow order just north of its next stop in Winona.

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.

Eastbound merchandise for the Belt Railway of Chicago cruises past a westbound stack train north of Fountain City.

Canadian Pacific's roadswitcher out of La Crosse heads for its next stop in Red Wing behind a pair of Soo Line GPs.

A healthy train of racks and stacks blocks the view of several bald eagle watchers as it snakes through Maple Springs.

The parade of eastbound traffic continues as merchandise from Pasco, WA comes into town behind a warbonnet.

Double stacks for Corwith Yard in Chicago pass by a frozen inlet near the marina north of downtown Alma.

Priority merchandise for Galesburg, IL heads under the bridge to the observation platform at Lock and Dam #4.

After meeting two westbounds at Lakeview, grain loads (plus some merchandise) head for La Crosse.

The Empire Builder passes the swollen Mississippi River as it heads out of downtown St. Paul.

Coal loads heading for Weston, WI via the Canadian Pacific cross over the swollen Rum River in Anoka.

A lite unit move (with 128 cars) heads west through Elk River. This train will tie down in the yard at Staples, thus the reason for the strange symbol.

A cab car leads the second afternoon Northstar commuter train off of Boom Island over the swollen Mississippi River.

The Empire Builder is just off the advertised as it cruises east leaving Minnesota's capitol building behind.