After performing a near perfect over-under meet with a Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train just north of here, a southbound BNSF unit tank train is approaching the US 14 overpass at Florence, MN.

A westbound RCPE train crosses the Redwood River and climbs toward the MN 23 and BNSF overpasses at Florence, MN.

Exhaust pours out of a quartet of Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2s as they accelerate out of Tracy, MN with a westbound train.

A westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train rolls by the Highwater Ethanol facility just west of Lamberton, MN.

A trio of GE's backs toward their train before departing Willmar westbound on a nice June evening. The 4331 seems to be suffering from a bit of an identity crisis when it comes to its paint scheme... (more)

As the sun nears the horizon on a long summer evening, a BNSF train crosses Split Rock Creek at Ihlen, MN. There used to be a small yard and even a roundhouse just north of here in steam days. Cha... (more)

A southbound BNSF train climbs through Russell, MN behind five locomotives. The rail in the foreground was dated 1945.

After combining both the daily train from Tracy with the every other day train from Mankato, seven SD40-2's get underway with a westbound train for Aurora and Huron, SD.

An eastbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train briefly skirts alongside Lake Yankton as it passes the home of someone who clearly has an affinity for the railroad, evidenced by the Griswold signa... (more)

RP.net contributor Mike Vandenberg and his son get their shots of a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train as it crosses the US 14 overpass just west of Cobden, MN on Canadian Pacific's form... (more)

At one of my favorite spots to watch trains in southwest Minnesota, a southbound BNSF manifest is seen working hard up to the crest of the long climb along the Redwood River from Marshall to Flore... (more)

The Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern's Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD manifest climbs away from the Redwood River crossing at Florence, MN.

A pair of Union Pacific GP38-2's throttle up as they switch the yard in Mankato, MN. UP 516 has always been a Union Pacific locomotive while the dynamic brake-less UP 793 was originally built for ... (more)

An eastbound Twin Cities & Western train crosses the mostly frozen Minnesota River at Morton on the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway bridge.

A former Union Pacific and Iowa Chicago & Eastern snoot nosed SD40-2 leads the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern's westbound train from Mankato across Plum Creek just west of Walnut Grove, MN.