Burlington Northern “Expediter” piggyback train 42 flies through the Illinois countryside east of Chana on April 6, 1991. The train is led by GP20C No. 2003, one of BN’s unique Caterpillar-p... (more)

A Twin Cities & Western train gets underway after doing some work at the elevator in North Redwood, MN. The small stone marker includes a plaque honoring Richard W. Sears of Sears & Roebuck fame. ... (more)

The Twin Cities & Western St. Paul Turn arrives at the Minnesota Commercial Yard with a quartet of various unique EMDs including a GP20C leading.

The Twin Cities & Western makes a rare visit to the western end of the Minnesota Prairie Line to retrieve some sand cars from storage. The train is seen passing the restored Minneapolis & St Louis... (more)

Growling Cat through Chana
Burlington Northern GP20C No. 2009 leads “Expediter” piggyback train 42 through the Illinois countryside east of Chana on April 6, 1991. BN had ten of the... (more)

Slowly but surely I'm getting some more photos checked off my list along the Minnesota Prairie Line. Thanks to a timely text from another local railfan, I was able to rush out to Belview and get ... (more)

Three Gen.II/GP20s on the deadline at the Railroad's headquarters in Glencoe MN

The Twin Cities & Western is still at work at the sugar beet plant near Renville as blizzard conditions slow most everything else in the area to a halt. Groundhog Day doesn't mean much to Minneso... (more)

The Ruebel Turn is working on one of the coldest days of 2016 so far, spotting a cut of cars at the sugar beet plant near Renville. The head end power is in sunshine as they pass the power for th... (more)

Thanks to the first "polar vortex" of 2016, fierce winds and a dusting of fresh snow the night before created a few drifts for the westbound Ruebel Turn to negotiate, such as this one be... (more)

A GP20C, a GP30C, and a GP15C haul the Ruebel Turn the last few miles toward the sugar beet plant near Renville on an unseasonably warm December afternoon.

On a beautiful November afternoon, the westbound Ruebel Turn passes the large elevator at Stewart, another small town along the former Milwaukee Road mainline west of Minneapolis.

The sun has set moments ago, but railroading continues as the TC&W's Ruebel Turn pauses to make its crew change at the sugar beet processing facility near Renville. The new crew will finish the w... (more)

The Milwaukee Road Danube depot has been preserved in a park not far from the mainline where it once stood. The Twin Cities & Western is the current owner and operator of the tracks and their Rue... (more)