Even though it's a holiday for most people, Memorial Day morning still finds quite a bit of activity happening at BNSF's yard in Willmar, MN. Things to see include some older EMD power on a local ... (more)

It's always nice to get a picture of a train on my birthday, and I was successful again this year, nabbing this southbound BNSF grain train as it got underway off of the new (2022) connection betw... (more)

Four EMDs and a lone Dash 9 rest on the servicing tracks at Willmar on a nice late winter morning.

There will come a year sometime in the future when I don't get to see my favorite locomotives working on a Class I railroad. I was glad to check that box plenty early in 2025 as I found this pair ... (more)

A welcome sight early in 2025: a pair of GP38-2s still in H1 paint in BNSF's Willmar Yard. They'd be put to use working one of the many local jobs that fan out from this former Great Northern Rail... (more)

Once among the pride of the Warbonnet-clad Superfleet that led the hottest trains on the Transcon, a former Santa Fe GP60M rests from it's current role of local freight duty on a chilly December a... (more)

A set of yard power rests on the west yard ladder in Willmar. A former BN caboose can also be seen in the distance.

This mix of former Santa Fe and Burlington Northern EMD power is still putting in miles for BNSF, but seen here resting between runs in Willmar, MN.

Some older EMD locomotives rest on the servicing tracks in Willmar as they await their various local assignments that will fan out from this former Great Northern division point later in the day.

Some BNSF locomotives, including a rebuilt GP35 and a rebuilt GP30, are reflected in a puddle left by a recent rainstorm as they rest on one of the servicing tracks in Willmar, MN.

The Madison to Madison (Illinois to South Dakota) fertilizer heads west into Willmar. Since we are west of CP 98, the train is off the Wayzata Sub and is now traversing the Morris Sub.

A former BN locomotive still in Cascade Green paint switches cars at the west end of Willmar Yard.

A trio of EMD locomotives sit on the servicing tracks in Willmar as yet more snow falls on an early March day. A GE can be seen getting a spin on the turntable in the distance on the left.

3 Geeps sit adjacent to the sand tower at Willmar.

A pair of four axle locomotives rest from their duties on the servicing tracks in Willmar, MN.