CP 2816 cruises along the Mississippi River along the former Milwaukee Road at Maple Springs, just east of Lake City, Minn. en route to Milwaukee and Chicago.

CP 2816 and a vintage 1940s era cab pose at the Soo Line depot in Thief River Falls, now the City Hall. The engine was en route from Calgary to Minneapolis.

St. Croix Valley's turn from Rush City to Hinckley heads north at Rock Creek. GP9 1363 is ex-Great Northern 676, so since GN ran their geeps long hood forward, the 1363 is running as it did when i... (more)

A tunnel in Minnesota? Sort of. A loaded taconite train departs the Hibtac Plant passing under a mining area through a long concete culvert. This mine haul road overpass is the largest precast con... (more)

Often overlooked on the Mesabi Iron Range are the ore trains of the BNSF. With new units on line, consists are starting to look better. A loaded taconite train from the Hibtac Plant passes through... (more)

A colorful consist of two CN-painted DM&IR SD40-3s lead a SD38-2 on the limestone loads heading from Proctor to the Minntac Mine at Mountain Iron, Minn.

BNSF's Superior to Northtown freight meet a loaded coal train as seen from the bay window of the Great Northern depot in Askov, now home to the Pine County Historical Museum. All the operators too... (more)

BNSF 9206, the first SD60M painted in the "swoosh" scheme, heads into Superior, Wis. from the Twin Cities with a load of coal for the Midwest Energy Terminal.

UP E9A 949 heads an Operation Lifesaver Special making a round trip from Sheldon to Le Mars, Iowa on the old "Omaha Road." At one time C&NW E8s led the St. Paul to Omaha "North American" along thi... (more)

UP E9A 951 heads an Operation Lifesaver Special into the sunset at Augusta, on a deadhead move from Adams to Altoona, Wis.

Two ex-C&NW SD40-2s head across the former Chicago Great Western lift bridge over the Mississippi River with downtown St. Paul as a backdrop.

Davidson Ward gives Milwaukee 261's headlight the once over on the night of May 31. The 4-8-4 pulled 15 cars on a round trip from Minneapolis to Duluth on June 2-3, 2007.

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder passes the concourse of the old St. Paul Union Depot and the skyline of downtown St. Paul. If current plans come to frutition, the depot may once again see trains... (more)

An eastbound taconite train with coal hoppers approaches the tunnel at Westminster from East Mississippi Street. This view was taken from an overpass that has an observation deck set up specifical... (more)

A Friends of the 261 private charter train heads west along the Missisisippi River at Pepin en route from Rock Island, Ill. to St. Paul.