A Twin Cities & Western train trundles westbound along the Minnesota Prairie Line just east of Echo, MN.

A westbound Twin Cities & Western train approaches the Minnesota State Highway 23 overpass east of Granite Falls, MN. They'll stop just ahead to deliver their entire train of empty tank cars and d... (more)

A westbound Twin Cities & Western train hustles through the small town of Sacred Heart, MN on the former Milwaukee Road "Pacific Extension" mainline.

An eastbound train descends the grade into the Minnesota River valley just west of North Redwood, MN, passing the Central Bi-Products facility along the way.

On a gorgeous fall morning, an eastbound train crosses the wooden trestle over Sulphur Lake just west of Morton, MN.

After picking up some covered hoppers from the elevator at North Redwood, a Twin Cities & Western train backs toward the rest of its consist before continuing east toward Minneapolis.

On a crisp fall morning, an eastbound Twin Cities & Western train slowly rolls along rail laid down by the Minneapolis & St Louis Railway over 100 years ago.

A hole in the clouds has opened up late in the afternoon of a February day as a westbound TC&W train behind 5 locomotives approaches the sugar beet plant at Ruebel between Danube and Renville, MN.... (more)

On a bitterly cold February day, the Twin Cities & Western was out on the far western end of the Minnesota Prairie Line to retrieve some covered hoppers from storage. They're seen passing the old ... (more)

One of the Twin Cities & Western's former Kennecott Copper GP39-2's and two other locomotives lead a westbound empty hopper train across the Minnesota Prairie Line on a beautiful June evening. The... (more)

At 10 mph, the results aren't very dramatic, but it's always fun to see a train break through some plow ridges. An eastbound TC&W train is moving covered hoppers out of storage on this former Minn... (more)

The prairie is desolate and cold on a windy February afternoon as a Twin Cities & Western train brings covered hoppers out of storage on the Minnesota Prairie Line.

The Twin Cities & Western works through frigid conditions to move some covered hoppers from storage at the western end of the Minnesota Prairie Line. The 2301 is a former Kennecott Copper Mining l... (more)

Three Twin Cities & Western Railroad units layover in Hopkins awaiting their next assignment. TC&W operates over this former Milwaukee Road mainline. The paved trail to the left used to be Minne... (more)