An eastbound train crosses Crow Creek on its way through the Minnesota River valley between North Redwood and Morton, MN. The concrete and steel structure replaced a wooden trestle back in summer ... (more)

An eastbound train on the Minnesota Prairie Line passes the restored Minneapolis & St Louis Railway depot at Fairfax.

Working its way toward Minneapolis with some grain loads from North Redwood, an eastbound train crosses Sulphur Lake near the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway division point of Morton, MN. It... (more)

An eastbound train rolls along the Minnesota Prairie Line between Fairfax and Gibbon. The vast and fertile farmland of west central Minnesota would normally be covered in a blanket of deep snow at... (more)

Evidence of some work on the Excel Energy transmission lines sits nearby as an eastbound train slowly makes its way along the Minnesota Prairie Line east of Franklin, MN on a breezy but mild Febru... (more)

At sunset on a frigid winter day, four CAT powered locomotives bring just three cars through Renville, MN on the Twin Cities & Western's former Milwaukee Road mainline.

There's no operator or agent in the window to greet trains, such as this single locomotive moving westbound, but at least the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway depot still stands in Fairfax, M... (more)

A westbound Twin Cities & Western train behind two Caterpillar powered locomotives hustles through the small town of Bird Island, MN on the former Milwaukee Road west of Minneapolis.

An eastbound RRV&W freight is seen heading east through Oakes Jct on the west side of Wahpeton, ND.

The Red River Valley & Western is seen heading east through Mooreton with a cut of loaded hoppers for Breckenridge.

One last order of business for this Saturday is to ferry the weed spray train from Breckenridge, MN to Kindred, ND. Leaving Wahpeton behind, they head up the Casselton line on a perfect Saturday ... (more)

Two Caterpillar powered locomotives run westbound past a soybean field waiting to be harvested near Buffalo Lake, MN.

As the sun sets on a beautiful spring day, a single Caterpillar powered GP15 chugs east out of Delhi with a string of cars loaded with corn. This former Minneapolis & St Louis line is now owned b... (more)

The westbound TC&W Ruebel Turn traverses the flat, featureless farmland between Bird Island and Olivia, MN on the former Milwaukee Road mainline.

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)