A Twin Cities & Western train picks up some cars from the elevator in Delhi (that's dell-hi, not dell-ee), MN as the sun sets on a blustery evening. The jointed rail dates to the early part of th... (more)
A westbound RCPE train rolls through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge south of Lake Benton, MN. It used to require a good deal of luck to get a train out here in daylight, but with this train regula... (more)
I know people probably don't think of steep hills when they think of southwest Minnesota, but there are several places where trains face some fairly substantial grades on BNSF's Marshall Subdivisi... (more)
KCS 2022 and CP 5032 lead J15 down Short Line Hill with cars from the Minnesota Commercial. KCS 2022 had some work done at Progress Rail Mayfield last year, and had its paint touched up in the pro... (more)
With a rail train that was picked up in Mankato, MN, a pair of RCP&E SD40-2s have everything under control as they traverse the hills and curves that seem to be common on this part of the map.
With rail bound for points west, a pair of well worn SD40-2's snake their way out of the valley just south of Lake Benton, MN.
Bathed in some of the last light of a nice spring evening, a heavy southbound BNSF grain train has been working hard for over an hour since leaving Marshall as they climb the hill up to the top of... (more)
Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern's tri-weekly train from the Union Pacific at Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD crosses the Redwood River and climbs toward the Minnesota State Highway 23 and BNSF Marshall Sub... (more)
A sunny Mother's Day morning. Spring colors and clean power!
Down grade and out of town.
This string of well cars will be sorted and rebuilt into another outbound train.
Gaining speed after passing through Minnesota Commercial's yard.
Newer make up hides this Amtrak unit's age.
With plenty of cars on this day, the grade profile of this section of track is exemplified well as the tri-weekly Mankato to Aurora train crawls its way west on the Huron Sub.
It's no surprise, those trains must be easier to control when empty as they can weight up to 12 000 tons for a 3000 feet train. A real brick!
