An eastbound train led by six locomotives passes the Paynesville Sub wayfreight on the siding at Brooten on a clear March morning.

577 approaches Brooten at track speed. After a meet in Paynesville, it was a straight shot to Glenwood. The brand new paint really shines here in the low winter light.

Fresh off the assembly line, units 21 and 12 of the 7500 series Tier 4 order bring a train of grain empties west toward Glenwood. An extraordinarily busy yard awaits them. They're already slow as... (more)

What once regularly saw CP SD40's and 60's, ballast trains this season are sporting a couple KCS SD70MACs.

The Humboldt to Glenwood wayfreight heads west into Brooten as the sun sets for the day. The moon looms over this scene as nightfall sets in.

A pair of KCSM gevos sandwich a CP AC44 on 577, sweeping around the curve in Brooten.

With the Ryder Cup now a memory, CP brings their train back to Canada. But not before spending a lovely evening traveling the western reaches of Minnesota. Here, just east of Brooten, MN.

Two KCS Belles head for Glenwood with a nice wave from the conductor.

NS 6914, a rebuilt SD60E, struts its stuff through Brooten with westbound oil empties.

The sun is below the horizon and a waxing crescent moon is not far behind as an eastbound CP train rushes past the intermediate signals west of Brooten.

A westbound blasts through Brooten behind a pair of AC4400CWs. The last time I took a picture here was back in early March after a snowstorm when the windchill was well below zero. more)

The last westbound in a small parade heads toward Glenwood in nice evening light on a gorgeous spring day.

The snow is done falling and the sun has come out, so with a couple of westbounds showing on ATCS, I trudged out of the office and headed for home via the tracks. I had no clue what was coming, a... (more)

The mail and the railroad: two things that keep moving no matter what the weather. A westbound CP train heads through town on a windy and snowy day and past a local's mailbox.

Snow has been pretty scarce around here this winter, but the flakes are flying in early March as the H55 wayfreight rolls into Brooten from the west to do some work. Two former Soo Line GP38-2s l... (more)