The local to Haverstraw: SD40-2, gondola with ties and four empty high side gons.

A loaded ore train gets ready to shove back into the docks with a trio of SD40s on point

RCPE's Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west into Judson with a 4 pack of SD40-2s. The train left Mankato later than usual due to UP's MSSDM manifest having engine trouble leaving town.

Pro-Ag. On the hazy and hot afternoon of August 1, 2021, Pro-Ag Farmers Co-op 1022 (ex-NPR 5558, née-CP 5701, SD40-2, 2/1975) sits next the silos at the Pro-Ag in Hoffman, Minnesota. This ... (more)

CN 5329 leads A 41851 29 through St. Albert nearing the end of its journey from the Peace River region of Alberta

Shoving over the Interstate. Ex-CN SD40 working a morning cut over I-71 at the Oakley/Norwood town line. The brand new Factory 52 neighborhood development is to the right, part of a major d... (more)

With dynamics howling, BN 7174 West drops down the long grade from Marias Pass to the Flathead River valley as it approaches one of the snow sheds along the route. Fuji Astia.

On the longest continuously straight track in America (horizontally that it is) an EB freight roars by the former Seaboard station, one of the nicest little ex-SAL brick stations anywhere. I am h... (more)

MNAU heads west out of Cobden as the day comes to a close. A couple of other foamers were on top of the car getting their shots as well.

RCPE's Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west through New Ulm, past the old CNW depot and grain elevators.

UP SD40-2 #3408; Purchased new as number 8073 in May 1977, renumbered to 3408 in 1981. Equipped with 116 inch extended low nose. Norfolk & Western SD35 #1551 built in 1965 with a high short nos... (more)

A songbird perches on a telegraph pole that dates back to days of the Chicago & North Western as a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train traverses the rolling Minnesota countryside just eas... (more)

The Union Pacific's local out of Worthington, MN rounds a curve as it heads southbound through northwest Iowa on the former Omaha Road mainline.

A trio of green power leads a westbound onto two main tracks along the fringes of Lake Pend Oreille at Algoma, ID. The so-called "funnel" siphons traffic off of the ex-NP and GN mainline... (more)

CN 5366 leads CN L575 north in Trenton on their way to South Yard in River Rouge Michigan.