A pair of DMVW's finest and a lone centerbeam are enjoying the prairie life just outside of the small town of Geneseo, ND. Here the BN split from the SOO, but now, both are under the control of t... (more)

OTVR 192 is along for the ride on the Ottertail Valley's train bound for Fergus Falls. Two geeps are on the head end, while the 192 takes up the rear. It is used to back the train out of BNSF's ... (more)

This Northstar train at Elk River is running longer to accommodate the rush of passengers from Target Field in Minneapolis. Twins won 4-3.

A grain train behind a pair of ICE/DME units rests in the siding while the CP 290 heads east past them.

The cloud line sat right over Breckenridge, MN. Just long enough to get some nice RRV&W power sitting at the terminal. Looks like the 309 will be waiting out the summer as it sits with its siste... (more)

A pair of ex-BN ex-WC SD45's idle away at the shops in Oakes, ND. With temps hovering around 30, the snow isn't going anywhere very fast.

There's a story behind this "train" I dont know what that is, but it frames nicely on a bridge just west of Nashua, MN. Lets hope they can do track speed.

A pair of EMDs head up the 491 as it flies west out of Brooten, MN.

While it may look like another run of the mill tank train, the fact that two BNSF H2's are leading it eastbound on CANADIAN PACIFIC trackage in this area is baffling. They're holding up two westb... (more)

The daily Northown to Aberdeen train begins pulling out of the siding at Summit, SD. After arriving in town, and seeing the siding hadn't been used in more than a week, we figured we'd have to hu... (more)

On a rather dead Saturday morning, a lonely eastbound train sits alone in a field just east of Tracy, MN to wait for the next crew to take it to Waseca. The road to this spot is only accessible f... (more)

On a whim, i decided to head down to the DME in southern Minnesota. My last trip yielded nothing, but this turned out to be quite different. Upon my arrival, i spotted THREE trains. Two of them ... (more)

The days of rocking along at 10mph on the old CNW are long gone. Today, the DME freights, now owned by the Canadian Pacific, fly through here at 40 on new welded rail. Even though they haven't ac... (more)