A pair of switchers working at the Peavey Red Rock Elevator near St. Paul, MN who specialize in services like fertilizer, feed, seed, coal, phosphate, storage.
Everything looks to be staged and ready to go for the next shift but today all is quiet on this early Sunday morning at Gerdau Ameristeel, formerly Newport Steel, where they recycle construction d... (more)
The Empire Builder hauls out of the Twin Cites eastbound through the Red Rock signals in Newport with the full high season consist and the Amtrak Exhibit Train. Next stop is Red Wing in ab... (more)
A BNSF unit grain train heads eastbound over the Canadian Pacific River Subdivision at the Red Rock signals.
CP and Soo duo drops off scrap steel to be recycled in this small mill.
As there are no grade crossings in this area, I think someone was having fun when they blew the horn right under me. I only jumped slightly. Very slightly.
DME 6085 and SOO 6053 roll a pair of NS units and train 280 out of the yard and past a pair of idling BNSF GEVOs.
SOO 4438 and SOO 4416 are assigned to local duty near the St. Paul Pig's Eye yard. Today, the crew is assembling a line of tanker cars from a nearby oil refinery. The conductor is tying SOO 4438 t... (more)
The Empire Builder speeds through Newport along the BNSF St. Paul Subdivision. Track work was taking pace east of Canadian Pacific's St. Paul Yard forcing the train onto the BNSF Main. Le... (more)
BNSF 5230 leads an intermodal train south through Newport, MN. The train is entering the interlocking to switch from one of the main tracks to another as a different BNSF train (behind the camera)... (more)
KCS 4171 and 4862 lead a pair of CP engines and hoppers past the old Red Rock depot in Newport MN.
The Empire Builder takes the switch onto the track through Saint Paul Park, towards Grey Cloud Island, and on towards Hastings and the Mississippi River lift bridge. This is the more sceni... (more)
A battered Santa Fe Warbonnet leads a slightly underpowered Q train east. Not near as glorious as its days on the Santa Fe...
Some nice NS AC units lead a "Reverse Oreo" empty oil train at Newport. The DPU was NS 8006.
The NS Wabash heritage unit makes its debut appearance in Minnesota.
