A train slowly makes its way west through Belview, MN on a sweltering July evening as the boys of the Rigge family look on from the platform of the nicely restored Minneapolis & St Louis Railway d... (more)

A Twin Cities & Western crew has arrived at one of the western-most customers on the Minnesota Prairie Line and is proceeding to pick up and set out covered hoppers at the elevator in Echo, MN. Th... (more)

A westbound loaded sand train behind a Union Pacific SD70ACe departs Glenwood Yard on the Elbow Lake Subdivision. The ties in the foreground are remnants of an interchange track that once connecte... (more)

An eastbound train arrives into Glenwood Yard off of the Detroit Lakes Subdivision from Winnipeg.

Another trainload of taconite pellets rounds a curve near Wales Jct as it heads toward the dock at Two Harbors on a clear and cool June morning.

After pausing to pick up a lengthy string of cars from the siding here, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train snakes out of Cobden, MN in some of the last light of the day. The curves her... (more)

Back in March, when there was still plenty of snow on the ground, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train drops down the undulating track just east of Revere, MN.

The Milwaukee Road 261 is the star attraction wherever she goes and Train Days at Saint Paul Union Depot is no exception as people line up to see her all weekend long.

Saint Paul's newest resident railroad (CPKC) is represented in part by a shiny Kansas City Southern GEVO on display as part of Saint Paul Union Depot's Train Days.

Two Chargers in two different paint schemes lead a tardy eastbound Empire Builder out of Saint Paul. In the distance, you can see some of the equipment on display for Saint Paul Union Depot's Trai... (more)

Southern Belle's have become a more common sight up here in Minnesota following the CPKC merger. Case in point: the sun pops through some clouds just in time to shine on a couple of Kansas City So... (more)

In the flat Red River valley, a few miles east of the Minnesota/North Dakota border, lies the tiny town of Nashua, MN. Unremarkable to most people (aside from the 67 residents, I suppose), it sits... (more)

It's always a treat to watch a listen to trains climb uphill and around the curves at Lake Park, MN. An eastbound empty grain train fits the bill nicely on a beautiful Memorial Day morning.

A westbound autorack train descends the grade toward the Red River valley on the former Northern Pacific, seen east of Hawley, MN.

A southbound BNSF train snakes through the rolling countryside of southwest Minnesota on a nice spring afternoon.