The 261 Highballs south towards Minneapolis
I had been driving north along I35 towards Duluth and had stopped a few miles back for a subway. I emptied the car of trash and stuck it in a bin and continued north. 20 minutes later I patted my ... (more)
CNW SD40-2 6892 and SD45 903 lead a train on a secondary line in Minnesota. The SD40-2 passed to the UP as their 3057 and has been rebuilt into SD40N 1590. Unfortunately, the CNW-unique bell on ... (more)
A transfer engine at the MN&S shop. Taken with Kodachrome II film and a Miranda G camera.
March isn't a banner month for color along the River Subdivision but the mighty Mississippi still flows.
A nice trio of blue and golds blasts down the River Sub.
What a way to end a great day of rail fanning. A pair of Candy Apples, a bridge, some cows, and clear skies. It doesn't get much better than this!
Approaching Taconite Harbor.
NP 3300, one of ten that the road bought before the BN merger rests somewhere on the system. I took a guess it was out west, but really have no idea where it was shot. No information at all on th... (more)
Getting low and getting reminded how good non turbo EMD's in Run 8 sound. Last maroon SD38-2 left on CN.
Whats a Miss Abby? Not a whole lot of Missabe left... or is there?
Last maroon SD38-2 on CN thunders through the detector just a few miles out of Fairlane.
An SD28 along with a pair of SD18's grind up the hill from Silver Bay with tailings loads. The train is headed for the tailings basin at milepost #7.
The 7:00 am train rolls through Cramer Tunnel and starts its descent down towards Taconite Harbor on a beautiful fall morning.
Under the last rays of a glaring sun, ICE 6400 slows to a hault outside of a quiet SE Minnesota town. The crew would proceed to uncouple about 8 cars back and deliver them to a siding on the othe... (more)