Big changes in the former Great Northern division point town of Willmar, MN. A southbound BNSF unit grain train waits for a fresh crew at the south end of the new connector between the Morris Subd... (more)

The Canadian Pacific's local power rests in the yard on a quiet Saturday evening in New Ulm, MN.

I usually try to see a train on my birthday, and 2020 was no exception. I lucked into seeing a westbound working in the yard at Willmar, headed up by a nice looking SD75M. Our family would then co... (more)

Just emerging from an intrusive cloud shadow, seven SD40-2s throttle up as they accelerate out of Tracy with a westbound train back in May 2020. During this phase of the early pandemic, with traff... (more)

Pulling into the former Milwaukee Road division point of Montevideo, MN, an eastbound Twin Cities & Western train passes the Milwaukee Road Heritage Center, which keeps the town's historical conne... (more)

An eastbound Canadian Pacific train with NS and CSX power rolls past the large grain silos at Sanborn, MN.

A southbound BNSF crude oil train drops downhill into the Minnesota River valley just north of Granite Falls, MN.

A chunk of granite that was deposited by the same glacier that formed these hills thousands of years ago keeps watch over the passage of an eastbound RCPE freight train near Lake Benton, MN.

A former Burlington Northern SD40-2 still in Cascade Green paint is paired with a former Santa Fe GP60M that has been repainted as they sit on the servicing tracks in Willmar.

A pair of EMD locomotives rest between assignments on the roundhouse lead on a nice fall Saturday in Willmar.

An eastbound BNSF freight train hustles past the St Cloud, MN Amtrak station. The gentleman in traditional Amish attire will have a bit longer to wait for his ride east as the Empire Builder is ne... (more)

Four SD40-2s disturb the peace and quiet of the small town Saturday evening in Sanborn, Minnesota as they hustle westbound with a Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train.

The eastbound Empire Builder is running close to 5 hours late on a pleasant October morning as it glides along the Mississippi River, nearing its next station stop in St Cloud.

An empty BNSF ballast train crosses the Mississippi River at St Cloud on a nice autumn morning. It has just a few miles left of its trip to the Martin Marietta quarry on the other side of town for... (more)

Four EMD locomotives of varying ages bring an eastbound Union Pacific intermodal train through downtown Fremont, NE on the Saturday after Thanksgiving 2018. All of that horsepower will be put to g... (more)