Deer looking for spilled grain don't seem too nervous as snow dozer 940022 approaches. Heavy snow this year has been hard on both deer and railroads.

A stack train provides a nice splash of color as it eases along the single track east of Essex near Java on Marias Pass. Heavy snow in this area has caused issues this winter with an avalanche rec... (more)

Lots of snow in the Montana Rockies this year, so much so that an avalanche closed this route near Java yesterday. Earlier in February the Empire Builder made for a fine, albeit late, sight curvin... (more)

Progressive Rail's former Soo Line (Minneapolis Northfield & Southern) SD39 fills in at Chieftian Sand slowly positioning covered hoppers for loading of fracking sand. Business must be good as it ... (more)

A former Great Northern snow dozer built at their St. Cloud, Minnesota shops plows an ex-NP line across north central Minnesota.

Multi-functional duct tape works great to hold a numberboard in place as exhibited by 400 as it leads a loaded ore train by a Herzog slot train stored at Proctor for the winter.

DMIR 403 and CN 6013 rest on a track at the diesel house after being towed to Proctor after being involved in a derailment of a loaded ore train at Fairbanks earlier in the week. Both suffered gea... (more)

While Badger's attractive GP9 is in the shop for work, this leased former Conrail GP15-1 (1689) shoves empty hoppers towards the plant to be loaded with sand.

Although painted over, the nose light helps identify this former Reserve Mining locomotive. Now painted in a scheme reminiscent of the Minneapolis Northfield & Southern this iron ore veteran works... (more)

A Wisconsin Northern train rolls through a snow encrusted tree tunnel on its way south after switching industry in Chetek. This line is former Omaha (C&NW) and has seen a rebirth due to fracking s... (more)

A nice looking ACe passes a sister on a plow train at Boylston. The 9096 is in distributed power mode on the rear of a loaded ore train from Hibbing Taconite headed for Allouez (Superior).

With the hills of Duluth in the distance this BNSF plow train churns up its own ground blizzard as it clears the Hinckley Subdivision on a below zero day.

Power off of an ore train holds in the clear as a CN plow extra prepares to wing back snow on the hill.

A former GN snow dozer (BNSF 940022) deposits a nice collection of snow and ice chunks on Wisconsin County Highway C as it works east. BNSF's dozers have been busy clearing compacted snow and ice ... (more)

This former GN snow dozer (972532, X-7629) creates a ground blizzard as it rolls west on the Brainerd Sub at 45 MPH. When hard packed snow gets above the rail they call out the dozers, which help ... (more)