C&NW low-nose SD9 #6604, built with a high-nose as #1704, leads RS11 #4251 and a GP30 as it approaches Waseca, MN.

Former CGW F3s 212 and 213 lead GP38-2 4634 on a southbound towards Albert Lea on the former Minneapolis and St. Louis. The F3s, built in February 1949, are 30 years more senior than the brand ne... (more)

CNWs secondary lines in Minnesota offered some interesting motive power into the early 1980s. In addition to the famed "Alco" line, the former Minneapolis and Saint Louis, which crossed... (more)

The Chicago, IL, to Huron, SD, freight train has an outbound crew aboard now as the crew prepare to head west on the Tracy Sub. This train is leaving a little later than normal today due to 3 east... (more)

After a quick depot swap, the yard crew is not on board this 10,000 foot train as it approaches the east end of the Waseca yard. The engineer will pass the west end of the yard and then in a seri... (more)

DM&E 3803 switches out a handful of cars for Brown Printing on a sunny afternoon in Waseca MN.

IC&E 6458 and sister unit 6411 are awaiting a crew at Memorial siding (just west of Waseca).

The light rail typical of the old "Alco Line" across southern Minnsota stands in contrast to the large road power now used along this route. CP has upgraded quite a bit of the line in Minnesota bu... (more)

CP 277 rolls into Waseca behind a trio of blue and golds.

A loaded ethanol train with three blue and yellow SD40-2's on point idles on the siding just west of Waseca. Just over the hill you can see an eastbound freight also idling. The yard crew (about... (more)

Led by two blue and yellow units, train 276 has just begun its journey east as it makes its way through Waseca, MN. The crew will conduct a rolling meet with the 277 in Dodge Center and then cont... (more)

A crew has just boarded train 276 and will perform a few last minute checks before departing for Winona. Hard to believe we are only a week away from Christmas and southern Minnesota is a snow fr... (more)

CNW 217 leads a train on the former Minneapolis and Saint Louis near Waseca, Minnesota. #217 was originally CGW #116A, one of two FP7s owned by the CGW. It is still in existence today in Oelwein... (more)

After doing some drift busting out west this crew has finally reached their destination. Just off camera a transport van waits for the crew to tie down just outside Waseca city limits. Intense f... (more)

Power sits in Waseca yard for the next mainfest. This will most likely head out on either a 287 or 286.