KCS 5000 heads up Montreal bound intermodal train 118 a few miles west of Marathon

KCS ET44AC 5000 + CP SD70ACU 7013 pull a 12000ft intermodal train along Lake Superior approaching Marathon.

Saint Paul's newest resident railroad (CPKC) is represented in part by a shiny Kansas City Southern GEVO on display as part of Saint Paul Union Depot's Train Days.

KCS 5000 leads taconite pellets south on the CN Minntac Sub on a cold winter afternoon.

Early morning 101 arriving Wylie after sunrise

Rolling into Wylie on a nice clear Sunday morning

Early morning 101 rolling east to Wylie World

A nice spring evening deserves a flashback to the winter of 2021 and a cold February afternoon with a temperature of minus 20 and cold NW wind blowing. KSC 5000 leads the still steaming taconite ... (more)

A colorful gaggle of power leads Memphis-Geismar A420 through the flood plains along the Mississippi River.

KSC 5000 leads a loaded U.S. Steel Minntac to New Orleans pellet train down the CN Missabe sub on a cold Minnesota afternoon.

On a cold February afternoon B&LE hoppers loaded with taconite pellets with CN and KSC power run down the CN Missabe sub eventually bound for New Orleans for loading in a boat to take to a Europea... (more)

A cold in hell is a common phrase used to describe a rare occurrence or event and since it was bone chilling cold on this day with a air temp of -20 and a wind chill reading making it feel much co... (more)

Heading south with taconite pellets from U.S. Steel Minntac in B&LE hoppers with CN and KSC power bound for New Orleans for loading in a boat to take to a European steel mill. Global economics.

Running across the frozen landscape of northern Minnesota with fresh loads of taconite pellets bound for Europe.

As a short daylight winter's day nears it's end, KCS 5000 hauls steaming pellets south from U.S. Steel Minntac towards the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans to be transloaded into larger dr... (more)