Overcast, cold, windy and stick season in NE Minnesota finds the crew of the Kelly Lake local doing some switching in their namesake yard before calling it a day.

Doing some switching of bentonite hoppers and making their outbound train in their namesake yard at Kelly Lake, MN before the day is done.

Doing some switching in their namesake yard at Kelly Lake, MN before the day is done.

A pair of BN greens work the yard at Kelly Lake as they finish up for the day.

The crew operating as the Kelly Lake local are almost done for the day as they bring their train to rest in their namesake yard and wait for a van back to Superior, WI.

A pair of BN SD40-2s lead the Kelly Lake local West past a searchlight

A week ago, the crew working the Kelly Lake local job were using a pair a green SD40-2s to move cars around their namesake yard before they ended their shift. This pair has been split up with one ... (more)

The Kelly Lake local crew with a pair of green SD40-2s for power shuffle around cars in their namesake yard.

The Kelly Lake local crew with a pair of green SD40-2s move south thru the yard with loaded gondolas of scrap steel and empty bentonite hoppers while passing KD Jct. which is the split BNSF uses t... (more)

CP H15 starts up Short Line Hill with BNSF 1943 and 261 for power. This power is from the previous day's BN-CP, which died in St. Paul Yard. Not an unheard of occurrence, but certainly not somethi... (more)

BNSF's transfer to CP gets ready to depart from Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota on a snowy winter morning. In the lead is a former BN SD40-2, still in Cascade Green, along with a former S... (more)

The Watertown local heads east back to Willmar with a pair of greenies in charge.

Almost to it's destination, the local flies through the town of Bath on the final miles to Aberdeen. Nothing like seeing a quad set of BNs on the former Milwaukee Road main.

BNSF 1943 rounds the horseshoe curve in Bristol.

With 4 BN units for power, the Aberdeen local grinds up the grade in Marvin. Pretty awesome sight to see this many BN units on one train!