A ridiculous amount of snow is falling and the winds are whipping but the trains are running. CN 9433 rolls off the CN Iron Range Sub and onto the CN Missabe Sub at Iron Jct. with its short train... (more)

The Keenan Local/Hinsdale Turn returns to Keenan with an empty clay hopper and four empty nitrate tanks.

The Hinsdale Turn heads through Iron

The definition of a sucker hole. A short train rounds the bend at CN Nugget as the clouds break just enough for a quick shot.

The Keenan Roadswitcher had a busy day of errands and ran out of time today, so they parked the train on the siding at Virginia. Next to them is the Loram Railgrinder that is preparing to head out... (more)

A power set idles away holding down the siding while the Loram RG316 crew prepares their train for departure out the yard at Virginia to head north to work on the CN Rainy Sub. under the cover of ... (more)

On a sunny, but very cold afternoon, the MRF heads south through Saginaw, MN.

After waiting for a northbound to clear, the MRF receives signal indication to head south with a nice lash-up of EMD products.

A zebra striped GP40-2LW leads the southbound MRF (Miscellaneous Road Freight) back to Proctor Yard. A second GP40-2LW and a pair of SD40u's follow.

The crew from the Keenan Switch Job dismounts and gives a roll by to IC 6250 leading a U-789 taconite train south through the yard on a fog filled day. Obstructed by the fog and steam is a northb... (more)

Keenan Switch shoves into the plant to rescue the ore train in the distance which had some cars buried by an accident in the loadout pocket. Might not be maroon, but interesting pair nonetheless.

Familiar faces of GMD's best mainline power from the 1970s and early 1980s sit side-by-side at Biwabik. The Keenan Switch deposits cars in Biwabik Yard before taking coal loads to Minnesota Power'... (more)

CN 632 glides into Canyon on its southbound journey from Hearst to Sault Ste. Marie, the day after dropping us off here. Shot from the back porch of our caboose home for the week.

A stark tree frames the southbound "Tour of the Line" as it approaches the station in Hawk to unload a few passengers.

My very first shot of our 2010 trip to Agawa Canyon. We got to Steelton Yard in plenty of time to toss our gear and grub on the baggage car and then take some shots of our train before departure. ... (more)