A westbound Tracy, MN to Huron, SD manifest leaves the wind turbines of the Buffalo Ridge behind and has the South Dakota border in its sights as it climbs out of a sag just west of Verdi.

A Warbonnet and a visiting CSX locomotive are hard at work with a loaded crude oil train. They're near the top of the hill between Marshall and Florence as they cross a steel bridge.

A spiderweb for you on Halloween, although this shot was taken in June a few years ago: fog is lifting and condensation covers everything, including a spider's handiwork as a westbound BNSF interm... (more)

As the rising sun burns off some fog in the Sheyenne River valley and condensation clings to prairie grass and hundreds of spiderwebs, a westbound BNSF tank train steps onto the large bridge just ... (more)

After finishing their work at Olivia, the westbound Ruebel Turn kicks out some exhaust as they accelerate through town and on toward Danube and Renville. Even though these RRVW and TCWR locomotiv... (more)

As the sun sets and shadows lengthen, a westbound TC&W train sits waiting for another train to finish some switching by the sugar beet processing plant on the east side of Renville.

Bathed in beautiful evening light, a westbound RCPE train makes its way through the hills and curves south of Lake Benton, nearing the South Dakota border.

After waiting for a couple of hours in the siding at Florence for their eastbound counterpart, this Huron bound freight wastes no time getting back up to speed as it blasts through a sag just east... (more)

Southbound coal empties with two locomotives at either end swing through the curves north of Florence. They're nearly to the top of the climb from Marshall and will soon begin rolling down throug... (more)

My first chance to shoot an RCPE train on the move with RCPE power. After waiting in Tracy for a fresh crew since the morning of the previous day, the Tracy to Huron manifest is underway and doin... (more)

Oil loads sweep around a curve south of Ruthton along BNSF's Marshall Subdivision behind a Warbonnet and visiting CSX power.

A westbound Twin Cities & Western train finds a hole in the clouds just east of Danube as it rocks and rolls its way along the former Milwaukee Road mainline west of Minneapolis.

With several local jobs fanning out in all directions on most weekdays, Willmar continues to be a haven for older EMDs. A couple of sets of them sit near the sanding tower on a nice fall afternoo... (more)

On the 20th anniversary of the BNSF merger, the BN logo is still on the sanding tower and some Cascade Green locomotives are still beneath it at Willmar, MN.

A good looking ACe brings oil loads past a busy Willmar Yard on the last day of summer 2015.