MMNAU charges into the sunset with a pack of G&W orange SD40s leading the way. This would be our final shot of our chase that began in Mankato. The sun was gone very quickly after these frames.

RCPE 3452 bringing MMNAU into Garvin in the final sun rays of the day.

RCPE 3452 leading its train down a hill as a single piece of codeline stands alongside the left side of the frame.

RCPE MMNAU heading West through the farm land of Western Minnesota.

MMNAU heading West through the small township of Essig, Minnesota.

MMNAU departing Mankato with a solid set of G&W SD40s. Unfortunately, this train is now patched BNSF H2 Dash 9s.

RCPE 3452 wakes up downtown as they pull MMNAU past the former CNW depot.

Last light shines on Florence as RCPE MMNAU rounds the bend and heads downhill towards us.

RCPE 3452 pulls its train into the sun as they rock a downhill into the small town of Garvin.

RCPE MMNAU rounds off of the CP and onto home rails where track speed will pick back up to 40 and these guys will have a clear shot for Aurora.

RCPE MMNAU drops its speed from 40 to 25 just outside of Walnut Grove as they close in on Tracy. The grade outside of town makes our RCPE train look like a rollercoaster.

At milepost 213, just east of Revere, we find a lone code line pole still holding on from years past as RCPE 3452 blows past.

The nice thing about chasing RCPE's Mankato to Aurora train is that just about every little town along the way has something cool to shoot. Sanborn is no different. Here we see RCPE 3452 passing t... (more)

RCPE MMNAU rounds the bend into Springfield, passing the massive elevator just east of town.

RCPE 3452 rushes out of the small town of Cobden and over US 14 on the way to Aurora.