The southbound Marshall Local out of Willmar rolls across the Minnesota River and into Granite Falls, MN.

Having spent the better part of the day in clouds at this location, the last train we would see barely catches some sunlight on its head end as it rolls off of the large bridge over Lake Ashtabula... (more)

An eastbound Twin Cities & Western train is dwarfed by the large grain elevator and bins on either side of the tracks in downtown Gibbon, MN.

A westbound RCPE train briefly disturbs a peaceful summer evening in the small town of Balaton, MN.

The westbound CP local out of New Ulm passes the elevator in downtown Springfield, MN. This imposing old structure would only last another year and a half before it was torn down in the spring of ... (more)

Three EMDs bring a rather short westbound Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD train through the small town of Revere on the former Chicago & North Western line across southern Minnesota.

An eastbound BNSF intermodal train climbs out of the Red River valley on the former Northern Pacific mainline across Minnesota on a clear but cold January morning.

My dad greets the westbound California Zephyr as it races across the Illinois countryside east of Kewanee back in 2018. Unlike many railfans, I didn't inherit my love of trains from my dad, or any... (more)

A GP38-2 still in Soo Line colors sits in the Canadian Pacific yard in New Ulm on a nice spring afternoon.

A pair of four axle locomotives rest from their duties on the servicing tracks in Willmar, MN.

A southbound BNSF grain train behind a single Dash 9 in H3 paint curves through the Buffalo Ridge in southwestern Minnesota.

A westbound Canadian Pacific train with Norfolk Southern power on the point busts through a plow ridge at one of the crossings in the small town of Walnut Grove, MN.

An eastbound train crosses the Minnesota River at Morton on the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway. The river had been swelling due to the spring snowmelt, but a blast of cold air on this April... (more)

A westbound Twin Cities & Western train behind two Caterpillar powered locomotives hustles through the small town of Bird Island, MN on the former Milwaukee Road west of Minneapolis.

The eastbound Empire Builder soars over the Middle Fork of the Flathead River and Java Creek on the large bridge east of Essex as it climbs through the Rockies on a pristine summer morning.