Having brought the adjacent train into the yard, a pair of GEs drift east on main 2, headed for the roundhouse area. The far locomotive is an ex-Santa Fe Dash 8, now in H3 paint.

A matching pair of former Santa Fe Warbonnets rests in Willmar, MN.

Three Dash 9s work hard to get an eastbound grain train underway out of Willmar as a westbound unit tank train sits on main 2 in the distance.

A former ATSF GP50 with a faded nose herald returns to the yard in Willmar with a few centerbeam flats after doing some switching on the west side of town.

Two BNSF Geeps make quite a bit of racket as they accelerate out of Willmar with the East Local on the Wayzata Sub. They're passing a unit tank train that's waiting out congestion up ahead as bot... (more)

Two Norfolk Southern GEs, one widecab and one standard, lead a BNSF train south out of Willmar on a fine spring afternoon.

Two Warbonnets are in charge of a westbound at Willmar, seen doing some switching at Sioux City Line Jct.

Two Cascade Green SD40-2s soak up some rays as they wait to lead one of the locals that will head west from Willmar this afternoon.

Viewed from a pedestrian overpass, a westbound train with a Warbonnet leader pulls into Willmar off the Wayzata Sub. To the right you can see the yellow front end of rotary BN 972551, which was d... (more)

As the BNSF becomes more dominated by widecab GEs, Willmar is usually a refreshing break from the norm. On this early spring day, two ex-BN SD40-2s sandwich a former ATSF GP40X on one of the serv... (more)

Finding one rotary in Willmar a few weeks prior to this was a treat (click here to see that image). Having the 972554 joined by h... (more)

This February afternoon brought a rare appearance of UP power in Willmar as three bright yellow locomotives throttled up to depart with a westbound grain train.

Three EMDs, including an ex-ATSF GP40X, greet one another on the roundhouse lead in Willmar.

A local off of the Wayzata Subdivision pulls into Willmar as an eastbound goes about its work a few tracks to the left.

Melting snow leaves this rotary on the sidelines to await the next call to duty. This is the last rotary snow plow that ALCO built, delivering it to Northern Pacific back in 1937.