In beautiful evening light, a single H2 Dash 9 brings a relatively short grain train south through the Buffalo Ridge between Ruthton and Holland on the former Great Northern line between Willmar, ... (more)

My 2,000th photo on railpictures: A westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train makes its way through the hills of the Buffalo Ridge at one of my favorite locations to photograph trains in Minnes... (more)

With four SD40-2s on the point and 92 cars in tow, this westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train makes a fine sight as it negotiates the rolling countryside of southwest Minnesota on a perfect... (more)

An eastbound unit grain train sweeps around a horseshoe curve in full dynamics as it rolls downgrade along the Truckee River a few miles east of Truckee on the eastern approach to Donner Pass. The... (more)

The passengers of Amtrak number 5 are being treated to a pristine morning in the Sierra Nevada as they climb along the Truckee River in an area east of Truckee, CA known as Glenshire. Aside from t... (more)

An eastbound train crosses Crow Creek on its way through the Minnesota River valley between North Redwood and Morton, MN. The concrete and steel structure replaced a wooden trestle back in summer ... (more)

The hills of the Buffalo Ridge surround a southbound BNSF manifest between Ruthton and Holland, MN as one of the area's numerous wind turbines stands in the distance.

A southbound grain train with three big GE's up front curves and climbs toward the US 14 overpass at Florence, MN.

An eastbound train on the Minnesota Prairie Line passes the restored Minneapolis & St Louis Railway depot at Fairfax.

The rolling hills of the Buffalo Ridge surround a southbound BNSF grain train as it hustles through southwest Minnesota.

A couple of old grain elevators along the former Great Northern in Russell, MN look on as an example of the modern unit grain trains that made them obsolete rolls by.

Working its way toward Minneapolis with some grain loads from North Redwood, an eastbound train crosses Sulphur Lake near the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway division point of Morton, MN. It... (more)

An eastbound train rolls along the Minnesota Prairie Line between Fairfax and Gibbon. The vast and fertile farmland of west central Minnesota would normally be covered in a blanket of deep snow at... (more)

Evidence of some work on the Excel Energy transmission lines sits nearby as an eastbound train slowly makes its way along the Minnesota Prairie Line east of Franklin, MN on a breezy but mild Febru... (more)

In some of the last sunlight of a nice February evening, a lengthy southbound BNSF manifest claws its way to the top of the grade from Marshall to Florence, MN. A cloud bank was moving in, so the ... (more)