Hot on the tail of a southbound manifest, the Marshall Local throttles up after a 25 mph speed restriction. The depot in town looks to be used by the railroad still.

This is sort of the "Google Street" view of a brand new BNSF SD70ACe rolling across the overpass in Granite Falls, working as a DPU of a northbound coal train.

With three units up front, an empty coal train is making quick work of the curves and hills along the Marshall Sub in extreme southwestern Minnesota on a clear but windy winter day. The empty coa... (more)

It's a windy afternoon on the Buffalo Ridge as a southbound BNSF manifest curves through the snowy landscape between Ruthton and Holland.

A single GE leads a unit tank train through Sioux City Line Jct and onto the Marshall Sub. Two more units are shoving on the end of the train. The loaded coal cars on the right are for the munic... (more)

Rolling hills, windmills, and grain trains. This was the last of three unit grain trains to depart the yard in Willmar this day in 2010. The other two have already reached their destinations as ... (more)

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.