An AC4400 leads a southbound Canadian Pacific oil train as it crests the hump outside of Alexandria, Minnesota on the Detroit Lakes Subdivision. The train is almost to Glenwood, where is will get ... (more)

An eastbound CWR train, complete with a caboose, makes its way towards Alexandria. The train had sat in Parkers for the better part of two weeks before going north to TR Falls, and coming back so... (more)

It's business as usual on this labor day for the crew of H89, the northbound wayfreight. They have plenty of power to move the 11 cars as they make their way through Alexandria. The severed spur t... (more)

The spring thaw is in the air as the conductor of an eastbound rail train gives me a friendly wave near Alexandria. Always great to see something other than red leading a train on the Canadian Pa... (more)

In what seemed like an impossibility, I was able to sneak out of work for a few minutes after a text message heads up said they were on their way east. Shortly after this shot, the wing of the ... (more)

Portrait of borrowed time. One has to believe that CP has these SOO SD60's on the short list, as most have been rebuilt or stored, and a recent surge in traffic prompted their reactivation. Rare... (more)

A shot I've had my eye on for quite some time. I think the light would be perfect here for morning westbounds. Until that happens, a snowy mid-April shot will have to do. Since the Great Northe... (more)

Finding a drift was pretty difficult as it was still snowing and the plows were still waiting it out. One road just north of Alex had just gotten cleared when the 491 made a mess of things. This... (more)

According to the "plan", this train should've been gone a couple days ago, but it got pushed back. After spraying the ROW between Glenwood and Thief River Falls, the spray train, behind SOO 6059,... (more)

As planned, the H97 began its trip by waiting for the 8762 in Forada, then, with a warrant to MP 214 (AKA WSS Detroit Lakes) they were off. Just north of Alex, they pass over the channel between ... (more)

A lone bluebird is in charge of a train of windmill blades as they head northeast out of Alexandria.

Times they are a changin'. With an unseasonably warm March, the snow is gone and grass has started to green, the lakes are blue, and the sun is out longer. As for the wayfreight, what used to be... (more)

Nearly a week after it began its trip, Train 600, made up of windmill tower bases continue their restricted trip up the Detroit Lakes Sub. From here, it will be taken into Canada and handed off ... (more)

One of CP's newest heads up northbound train 615. A few miles back at Glenwood Yard, a few MOW cars were added to the head end.

The CP 199 heads north on the Detroit Lakes Sub on a beautiful summer morning. Normally, this train heads west, but because of the flooding Souris River in Minot, ND, the tracks there are shut do... (more)