With the last car just clearing the Rum River, the eastbound Empire Builder passes the Northstar commuter rail station at Anoka enroute to St Paul Union Depot.
Under blue skies and a fresh snowfall, Amtrak's Empire Builder rolls east to Mpls/St. Paul.
The eastbound Empire Builder blazes by Anoka Station with AMTK 184 40th anniversary unit and FRA's DOTX 221 "office of safety" car.
Four cars of commuters heading home for the day, many just departed the train at Anoka Station about a minute ago. In 5 minutes, another handful will get off at Ramsey Station.
MNRX 501 leads the northbound commuter at Anoka Station.
A late Empire Builder crosses over the Rum River after a fresh snowfall.
Three SD40-2s accelerate out of Anoka headed for their final destination of Northtown Yard in Minneapolis.
A westbound Northstar Commuter passes the hold out signal on the east side of the station.
Warbonnet leads a 5 hour late Empire Builder.
The graffiti artists even managed to leave their mark on the nose of this GE leading a vehicle train towards Northtown.
Light power zips down the BNSF Staples Sub.
A pair of cascade green locomotives slowly head east over the swollen Mississippi River in Anoka.
An eastbound unit vehicle train heading for Chicago, IL calls for its track assignment at Coon Creek.
The Empire Builder overtakes a stack train at 80mph as it dashes for St. Paul running over 4 hours late.
Northstar put UTAX 12 to use on Sunday pulling the second of three commuter trains of the day. MNRX 505 is tagging along as back-up.
