A-B-A EMDs lead this long road freight from Dilworth yard to Northtown yard. Leading is ex-BN SD40-2 #1997, still in green paint. Trailing is a unique GP38-2B, followed by another SD40-2. It... (more)

BNSF C44-9W #789 in warbonnet paint leads the Amtrak Empire Builder to Chicago. Blizzard conditions in Montana may have contributed not only to the 5-hour delay but also the need to have the locom... (more)

Great Northern SDP40 #325, once the last active passenger locomotive on BNSF's roster until 2009, sits out in the winter sun at the ex-GN Jackson Street Roundhouse. Built in 1966, this locomoti... (more)

In a rare mileage trip, a Northstar Commuter train sits at St. Paul Union Depot. The train arrived from Big Lake carrying 1500 passengers to the European Market at the Depot's plaza.

A Santa Fe GP39-2 continues to evade the paint booth as it runs the revived St. Cloud Local from Northtown to St. Cloud.

The revived St. Cloud local heads for Northtown after doing work in St. Cloud. The local was abolished in June, but after unsuccessful attempts to have road trains do switching, the local was b... (more)

NLR #1411, built 67 years ago as GN #611, is still earning its keep hauling freight. On this day, it had just arrived with a delivery of wind turbine blades from St. Cloud.

Duluth & Northeastern #28 steams past the photo line with a mixed train for the third day of festivities during Railfan Weekend 2017.

Duluth & Northeastern #28 patched up as its former self, DM&IR #332 steams quietly in the yard of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum during a night photo shoot to kick off Railfan Weekend 2017.

Two recently rebuilt SD75s hustle a Minot train westbound around the curve out of town in the evening light. The #281 is a SD75I while the #269 is an SD75M. Both have been hard at work in the a... (more)

A trio of GEs run their stack train 'left handed' around the curve out of town headed westbound in the evening light.

A pair of classic road EMDs, dating back to the 1970s, run by themselves on the Mandan to Northtown road manifest freight. The clouds gave way to the sun at just the right time, any later and t... (more)

A pair of classic road EMDs, dating back to the 1970s, run by themselves on the Dilworth to Northtown road manifest freight. In this shot, the train is halfway through the S-curve in downtown E... (more)

A ballast train from Hinckley, MN runs up to the Waite Park Rock Quarry with 1x1 power distribution. Rock trains have become quite frequent into St. Cloud in recent days as summer track work is... (more)

Duluth & Northeastern #28 leads DM&IR #193 and seven passenger cars back west to Duluth after turning on the wye in Two Harbors. This trip was the 28's second ever excursion trip to Two Harbors... (more)