A pair of consecutively numbered heritage ACUs (7018 and 7019) lead train 243 over the Crow River in Rockford. It's pretty nice in and of itself to get just one of these units leading a train, so ... (more)

Just past the Minnesota Commercial yard, it is 10 minutes away from Union Depot.

Low afternoon light greets the crew as they leave the yard at the plant, cross Highway 7 and to head back north to the mine to reload.

After loading at U.S. Steel Minntac, IC 6260 heads back to Proctor yard with 140 new ore cars filled with iron ore pellets.

Heading back to their namesake yard, the Kelly Lake local is passing through the small yard at Wilpen on the CN Keenan Sub.

After a meet with a northbound limestone here at Kelsey, it's back underway southbound for Proctor yard.

DMIR 332 works on switching some cars around along Railroad Street near the waterfront at Duluth, MN.

A CPCK train with BNSF power on each end. Heading railroad east, just 10 minutes ahead of Amtrak.

The verdant hills of the Buffalo Ridge observe the passing of a westbound train on the former C&NW line to South Dakota.

A westbound RCPE train rolls through downtown Tracy, MN. Some of the buildings in the background have seen the passing of many trains, going all the way back to Chicago & North Western days when t... (more)

A pair of P42DCs recently repainted into Amtrak's new Phase VII scheme power the westbound Borealis along the Mississippi River west of St. Croix. This service began on May 21st, and offers one tr... (more)

Some BNSF locomotives, including a rebuilt GP35 and a rebuilt GP30, are reflected in a puddle left by a recent rainstorm as they rest on one of the servicing tracks in Willmar, MN.

A pair of BNSF Dash 9's in Heritage 1 paint bring an eastbound manifest from Grand Forks through downtown Moorhead.

Taking the siding for a meet with iron ore loads.

Snow falls as DMIR 409 leads the Two Harbors yard to Keenan yard transfer.