Midwest Rails

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Milwaukee 261 passes the BNSF signals at East Division in St. Paul. 10/4/2003 142kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	When viewed from atop Dayton's Bluff, the St. Paul skyline casts a nice backdrop on the train. 10/4/2003 122kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	The Milwaukee Road train passes over the old Milwaukee Road drawbridge over the Mississippi River in Hastings, MN on the CP River subdivision. 10/4/2003 102kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg

The train approaches Red Wing, MN on its trip back west on the CP River sub. 10/4/2003 190kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	Another view just southeast of Red WIng. 10/4/2003 135kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	The westbound about 12 miles west of Red Wing on Prairie Island. 10/4/2003 123kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg

The rear of the train passes through CP Rail's Blackbird Siding East on Prairie Island. 10/4/2003 95kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg


A westbound Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern train idles in a siding just west of Waseca, MN. 9/6/2003 151kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	An eastbound DM&E train waits to enter Waseca yard. 9/20/2003 141kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	An eastbound DM&E enters Lime Siding near Mankato, MN. 9/13/2003 110kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg

The same eastbound DM&E train in Lime siding. 9/13/2003 126kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	The same eastbound DM&E train in Lime siding. 9/13/2003 114kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	A westbound DM&E train at Lime Siding. 9/13/2003 127kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg

The conductor of this train lines the west switch at Lime siding for main so they can pass a dead train on the main. 9/13/2003 167kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	The same DM&E train at East Mankato, MN, about to enter the UP yard. 9/13/2003 185kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	A westbound CP train at Lake City, MN on the CP River Subdivision. 10/4/2003 118kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg

An Eastbound BNSF train enters St. Paul Yard. 10/4/2003 130kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	The conductor of southbound UP train VPNP lines the south siding switch at Kasota for his movement on the UP Mankato Subdivision. 9/20/2003 169kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg	UP train VPNP passes through Kasota, MN. 9/20/2003 134kb Photo by Peter Dahlberg