A wayfreight shoves into the yard at Red Wing.

CP 7053 leads a manifest down the River Sub.

The Mankato turn continues west in the final moments of daylight.

EMD built 54 1,800 hp SD18 locomotives, built for Bessemer & Lake Erie, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & Illinois Midland, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, and Reserve Mining. They were constructed with ... (more)

The Mankato to Aurora turn heads west on the Tracy Sub past the old CNW depot in S*eepy Eye (more context towards the end) on a very hot and muggy summer evening. As much as I like summer, I don't... (more)

Surrounded by the cornfields of west central Minnesota, a Twin Cities & Western train rolls along between Danube and Renville.

An eastbound train steps across the Redwood River on the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway bridge just west of North Redwood, MN back in July 2016. Keen-eyed observers will note that the trail... (more)

At sunset on a frigid winter day, four CAT powered locomotives bring just three cars through Renville, MN on the Twin Cities & Western's former Milwaukee Road mainline.

After spotting their boxcars onto the storage tracks with the others already there, the crew of the R901 job gives a roll by to the crew of the L594 job which is coming up from Two Harbors with so... (more)

After delivering limestone to the Minorca mine, IC 6255 is now heading home to Proctor on a nice fall afternoon.

CN 2918 comes south with a mixed freight near the peak of colored leaves season across NE Minnesota. Previously CN 2918 spent some time near here having been assigned to the ore pool moving taconi... (more)

The red signal indicates that there is nothing coming north from Two Harbors for a while, but all eyes were on the sky on this night.

After executing the perfect meet at the former DWP yard at Virginia with it's counterpart L567, DMIR 405 is rolling along towards their next stop for work at Keenan yard before going on to Proctor... (more)

Coming down the Casco Sub at mp 85 with loads of pellets, the other player in moving taconite in NE Minnesota is the BNSF which handles production from U.S. Steel's Keetac plant and Hibbing Taconi... (more)

The Lincoln to Northtown manifest passes by some colorful trees on its way east, brightening up this gloomy fall morning.