AMTK 297 is in charge of Amtrak #8, the eastbound Empire Builder, as it departs Winona, MN in September of 1993. The cool grain elevator would be lost to a fire (arson) a few years later in 1997.

With the sun just peaking over the horizon and filtered by clouds as it rises, A trio of EMD's break the morning silence as they lead empty ore train U716 through Grand Lake, Minnesota and are abo... (more)

A T-Bird comes off the CN Rainy Sub at the T-Bird north switch and enters the loop track of United Taconite's coarse crusher.

A T-Bird pulls up alongside another T-Bird at the United Taconite Fairlane plant with lights to head back to the mine.

After meeting a northbound, it's now time to get back underway to Proctor yard with taconite loads.

Orr's giant bluegill has the best view to see all the traffic passing on the CN Rainy Subdivision mainline. Minnesota has many giant roadside fish. This bluegill's name is Billy.

KCS 2003 leads J42 through Van Buren on the return trip to St. Paul. The 2003 was built for the Penn Central as a straight GP38 back in 1969, and continues to earn its keep for the CPKC.

Two KCS GPs and a CP GP20C-ECO lead J42 over the Mississippi River at Camden.

KCS 2016 leads the St. Paul to La Crosse wayfreight through Maple Springs. About a month later, the River Sub wayfreights would be replaced by a new pair of manifests running between St. Paul and ... (more)

An eastbound train behind both of Twin Cities & Western's former Kennecott Copper GP39-2s, plus RRVW 2053, crosses the Sulphur Lake trestle near Morton, MN.

On April 20, 1970 Great Northern SD9 584 is working a long transfer drag through Minneapolis. It's more than two months into the Burlington Northern merger and the SD9 has yet to be renumbered... (more)

As the morning sun rises in Forbes, Minnesota, a trio of EMD's lead empty ore train U716 as it comes off the main and heads into the loop track for loading at the Fairlane Taconite Plant. The Keen... (more)

It's always nice to get a picture of a train on my birthday, and I was successful again this year, nabbing this southbound BNSF grain train as it got underway off of the new (2022) connection betw... (more)

A westbound RCPE train is seen passing one of the large wind turbines that are found throughout southwest Minnesota. Pictures don't really do justice to how massive these structures are.

The westbound tri-weekly Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train that brings traffic from the Union Pacific in Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD is nearly on home rails as it will soon leave CPKC's Tracy Subdi... (more)