The sight of a pair of brand new EMDs rounding this curve just north of Pipestone not long after sunrise made getting up well before dawn and driving nearly 150 miles well worth it, don't you thin... (more)

With the train still rumbling across, it occurred to us that we can get a good shot of the DPU. Two new ACe's pulled up front, while this one pushed.

Head end power for a coal train bound for Superior WI head high above US Highway 212 in Granite Falls.

With their factory-fresh paint glowing in the morning sunlight, two brand new SD70ACes lead a unit coal train north between Holland and Ruthton, MN.

On a cool and sunny late summer morning, two brand new SD70ACes work hard to bring a Superior-bound coal train up the hill into Florence, MN. Another new ACe is working as a DPU on the rear of th... (more)

Coal loads bound for Superior, WI blast north through Holland behind a trio of brand new ACe's. The 9074 and 9069 bring up the front while 9070 shoves on the rear. Its slow going on this part of t... (more)

Coal loads bound for Superior, WI blast north through Granite Falls behind a trio of brand new ACe's. The 9074 and 9069 bring up the front while 9070 shoves on the rear. Quite the sight and sound... (more)

After meeting a northbound at the siding in Merrill and receiving a new crew at the south edge of town, this grain train is underway again and back up to track speed as it rushes through the fog a... (more)

A southbound grain train curves through the rolling countryside of extreme southwestern Minnesota between Manley and Hills.

A southbound grain train behind a trio of H2 GEs turns onto the Marshall Sub at Sioux City Line Jct and begins the trek southwest out of Willmar.

A rather short manifest with four GEs up front has crossed the DME Huron Sub and is about to pass under US Highway 14 at the small town of Florence (population 39).

Four GEs running elephant style round a curve just north of Holland, MN with a southbound manifest while several of this area's landmark wind turbines continue churning away in the distance.

A warbonnet leads a southbound manifest through the curves between Ruthton and Holland on BNSF's Marshall Subdivision. This area is known as the Buffalo Ridge and supposedly has some of the best ... (more)

A pair of EMDs bark their way out of Willmar with the Marshall Sub local.

A "triclops" SD60M, a CSX SD60, and a Warbonnet lead a unit tank train south out of Willmar on a sunny but cold December afternoon.