In honor of 4449 returning to Minnesota this summer, here's one of my favorite shots of the 4-8-4. During the American Freedom Train's visit to the state in 1975, the train was displayed in Minnea... (more)
A sliver of light between two clouds illuminates CN's track geometry car as it decends the "ramp" from the ore dock approach to Missabe Junction.
With taconite production pretty much completely haulted in Minnesota... this is about the best DMIR action you can get these days.
Southward coal empty behind three EMDs vaults over a creek north of Florence on a fine early spring morning.
Climbing the Stockton Hill on a beautiful spring evening.
CP #5920 is caught just west of Downtown Rochester, MN. Despite the cold, the 2nd unit has its 'AC' on, although the cab is unoccupied. A paper trail, stuck to the 2nd unit's lead truck suggests... (more)
A stack train crosses the swollen Red River between Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN. The level of the river at the time was 32.85 feet and continuing to decrease from the preliminary all-time record hi... (more)
8023 heads light back to Pokegama Yard after assisting L-567 out of the Lake Superior Basin. Engine is crossing over the frozen Midway River.
The knowledge that a crew would be on duty for this train around 1230 was all the incentive I needed to skip out of work for the afternoon. The CP crew parked the train earlier in the morning at ... (more)
This small SW1 struggles with a healthy cut of interchange cars off BNSF as they cross over the frozen St. Louis River.
The Northtown, MN to Kansas City, KS manifest train is passing over one of the many bridges between Jasper and Garreston. This train is near MP 120 on the Marshall and still has around 100 miles t... (more)
A westbound crosses the stream that connects Rice Lake (in the background) with Mud Lake, a few miles east of Paynesville.
First HUCC train to cross the new bridge built after a derailment on July 29th took the old one out.
This photo can never be duplicated - a derailment on 07/29/2008 took this bridge out.
An A-B-B-B set of F9s depart Taconite Harbor with 12 loads of taconite chips and fines.
