A pair of SOO 60's throttle down as they have to stop to re-line the west siding switch at Henning. Like the leaves, these old SOO units hang on for dear life, as CP is well underway with plans ... (more)

A pair of SOO SD60's rest along side a pair of DM&E power, and the crippled 9644. The 9644 has been sitting here nearly 2 months following a mishap. The DM&E power is off the 171, and is one of t... (more)

OTVR 3900 and a GP18 huddle in front of the depot, awaiting Monday's call to work.

A worm train makes its way down main 1 as another waits on main 2 at BNSF's Willmar yard.

CP 8541 is getting help from a CP SD40-2, a SOO SD60, and an ex-SP tunnel motor, now owned by NREX.

Two EMD units that have been resurrected from storage find themselves alone on the busy Stables Sub, here, they're about to go under the former Soo Line tracks. Motorists are pacing the train tow... (more)

Lets just say the trip back home after this shot was a happy one. Today's builder, over 12 hours late, was falling farther and farther behind schedule because of problems out west, and the additi... (more)

CP 8888 is underway after meeting CP 3015 west at ESS Forada. Click Here to see the CP 3015 west.

Three green geeps are still in charge of the Watertown Local as they head west at Stockholm. In their twice weekly trek to Watertown, the train traverses three different BNSF subdivisions.

A short train of tanks heads east, just west of the small town of Adrian, MN, on track laid in 1876.

A coal empty is still easing itself out of the siding at Lyons. The west switch is still visible in the background. Before long, they'll kick 'er down and head off to the next meet a few miles awa... (more)

The hottest train on the tracks in this area blasts off from Glenwood East with permission to do 60 mph. Only 1xx series trains are allowed 60 mph. The rest are limited to 50.

"You drove 60 miles to catch a train you could've driven 15 miles to catch???" Had the economic times been better, and the flooding out west not hampered traffic on the CP, that thought may have ... (more)

The picture may show just another ordinary manifest on the BNSF, but the route this train took is far from ordinary. This train originated in Superior, WI and came down the Brainerd Sub. A line k... (more)