TCWR 20th anniversary special passenger train heads east as it passes a local tied down on the house track.

The Twin Cities & Western is busy at the west end of Renville as several crews get to work. One is taking this light power west toward Sacred Heart as another prepares to board the power on the m... (more)

One of TC&W's new GP38-2s and a rebuilt GP20 head west as light power between Renville and Sacred Heart.

A lone CAT Diesel Power GP20C basks in the afternoon light adjacent to the Southern MN Beet Sugar Co-Op.

The Ruebel Turn is on its way back east after a trip to Sacred Heart to drop off some coal empties and pick up the West End train. Four locomotives and three covered hoppers catch the setting sun... (more)

Bathed in perfect winter light, the Ruebel Turn has a cut of empty coal hoppers from the sugar beet plant at Ruebel in tow as they head west from Renville toward Sacred Heart.

The Twin Cities & Western is still at work at the sugar beet plant near Renville as blizzard conditions slow most everything else in the area to a halt. Groundhog Day doesn't mean much to Minneso... (more)

The Ruebel Turn is working on one of the coldest days of 2016 so far, spotting a cut of cars at the sugar beet plant near Renville. The head end power is in sunshine as they pass the power for th... (more)

The sun has set some minutes ago, but there's still light in the western sky and a little glint on the flanks of the TCWR 4302. The Ruebel Turn has finished its work for the day at the sugar beet... (more)

Having seen the RRVW 406 either trailing or only in the lead when it was stationary, it was fun to see it in use as the lead locomotive as the crew used it to work the west end of the sugar beet p... (more)

A former Illinois Central rebuilt GP10, a former Kennecott Copper rebuilt GP39-2, and a former Soo Line CAT powered GP15C sit idle near Renville.

The sun has set moments ago, but railroading continues as the TC&W's Ruebel Turn pauses to make its crew change at the sugar beet processing facility near Renville. The new crew will finish the w... (more)

After traveling light westbound to the ethanol plant near Granite Falls earlier in the day, three UP locomotives have covered hoppers eastbound at sunset. The large sugar beet processing plant ou... (more)

As the sun sets and shadows lengthen, a westbound TC&W train sits waiting for another train to finish some switching by the sugar beet processing plant on the east side of Renville.

I was more than thrilled to catch a train on this line. Here im treated to a short westbound. The train will only make it another mile during daylight. All the industries along the line make li... (more)