CP 471 passes the elevator in Dodge Center on its trip west with a pair of NS locomotives as power after a meet with counterpart CP 470.

DM&E 4005, one of only seven Dakota Minnesota & Eastern locomotives still active on the Canadian Pacific roster. 4005 still shows her pride on home rails as she pulls a string of 19 loads into Dod... (more)

Train 471 lead by four classic SD40-2's roll up and down the open countryside of southern Minnesota with 145 cars in tow and making great time at 30 mph.

Going 30 the Jordan spreader clears a snow drift in Dodge Center, MN.

A rather interesting 633 holds the main at the Dodge Center siding as it waits for the 276 out of Waseca. The 633 is Aurora bound ethanol empties but this guy had several hoppers on the front end... (more)

After meeting an eastbound freight, CP 6242 and company hammer it down to get their train over a small hill before they begin their descent downhill into Kasson, MN.

A newly rebuilt SD60 in CP livery leads an eastbound freight through Dodge Center, MN on an unseasonably warm March morning. I am biased towards the blue and yellow scheme of the trailing SD40-2'... (more)

Couldn't ask for a better way to spend my Thanksgiving and birthday! A westbound freight crosses back onto the mainline and continues west after meeting an eastbound freight at the Dodge Center s... (more)

A three man crew enjoys a nice summer evening with the door open as they lead their westbound freight into the siding at Dodge Center, MN. They will meet an eastbound before proceeding further we... (more)

A westbound with four SD40-2s for power accelerates out of Dodge Center after meeting an eastbound at the siding on the other side of town.

A pair of SD40-2's lead an empty ethanol through small town Minnesota past the grain elevators of Dodge Center.

Serving one of its larger customers in the area, the Rochester local switches out coil cars for McNeilus Steel in Dodge Center, MN.

Only one of these three locomotives is on its home rails. Two leased units sandwich the familiar blue and gold on this westbound unit ethanol as it waits on the DM&E mainline. This was one of f... (more)

Three SD40-2's and the Rochester local (GP40) lead this mixed freight west out of Kasson, MN. This westbound would meet with a waiting eastbound (just beyond my right shoulder) and continue on to... (more)

The sun finds an opening on the horizon just as the crew of this trio of SD40-2's approaches the east end of the Dodge Center siding, treating them to a beautiful winter sunset.