Pair of SD70ACe's handle the 5pm loads to Silver Bay.

A pair of ALC-42's on the Empire Builder running about 20 minutes late.

A pair of SD60M's on a parked coal train.

Montana Western 201 and 203 work a cut of cars in Butte.

The 1100 loads pass under the mothballed Erie Mining/LTV Steel tracks.

5pm loads a few miles into their journey to Silver Bay for unloading.

The Empire Builder is running a little over an hour late this morning.

Nearing noon hour, the 11am loads make their way towards Lake Superior.

A loaded ore train awaits a new crew to take the train to Two Harbors MN for unloading.

With the days work done spotting cars at Beisser Lumber, IAIS 703 rests peacefully under a starlit sky near the end of the line at Grimes IA.

Minnesota Valley with a westbound train near Tower E-14 in Minnetonka MN. MNVA had trackage rights to Norwood MN where their trackage began (which was ex-CNW/M&St.L).

With a boxcar of lumber sandwiched by a couple of centerbeams that are all destined for Beisser Lumber Company in Grimes, the local crosses Walnut Creek.

An overnight snowfall blankets blankets the landscape for a late Empire Builder.

The Grimes local with a single unit has just gone on duty, rocks its way side to side over old stick rail as it passes under a berry filled crab apple tree amid impending rain. It will travel eas... (more)

Waiting on equipment from train 28 at Spokane earlier in its journey, today's #8 is over 7 hours late. Despite the cold weather running with 3 units, the ground is bare of snow on this balmy 50 d... (more)