Surrounded by the cornfields of west central Minnesota, a Twin Cities & Western train rolls along between Danube and Renville.

On a beautiful summer morning, the Twin Cities & Western is moving some grain loads east on the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway behind a single locomotive, seen crossing the Redwood River at... (more)

The Twin Cities & Western is working to move sand cars out of storage at the west end of the Minnesota Prairie Line on a chilly winter morning in February 2017. With frost clinging to the approxim... (more)

A short eastbound Twin Cities & Western train made up of just a handful of cars from the elevator at North Redwood crosses the old Minneapolis & St Louis Railway trestle over Sulphur Lake just wes... (more)

A TCW road freight holds heads east under Raymond Ave.

The TC&W was at work for several days this week sorting sand cars on the west end of the Minnesota Prairie Line at Wood Lake to pull some of them out of storage. With the 10 mph speed limit and a... (more)

The grade out of the Minnesota River valley between Morton and Franklin is steep enough that with only one unit, the crew is doubling their 25 car train up the hill. Here, the first cut of 13 car... (more)

An eastbound on the wooden trestle over Sulphur Lake just west of Morton has been near the top of my list of shots I'd like to capture. Things finally lined up with a sunny morning, a flexible wo... (more)

A single CAT powered GP30C pulls loads from Delhi over the Minnesota River at Morton. Last week when I caught an eastbound here for the first time I had to sprint from my car with only seconds to... (more)

A Twin Cities & Western train operating on Minnesota Prairie Line track heads east through the scenic Minnesota River valley toward Morton with covered hoppers from one of the small towns on the f... (more)

With infrequent and unpredictable operations on the former Minneapolis & St Louis west of Morton, trains on this line are elusive. After moving to the area last September, I've been patiently wai... (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)

With track improvements comes more speed. Today's West End Job does every bit of 30 MPH as it heads west with a string of 30+ hoppers bound for Milbank, SD.

A westbound Twin Cities & Western train finds a hole in the clouds just east of Danube as it rocks and rolls its way along the former Milwaukee Road mainline west of Minneapolis.

On a stormy summer afternoon, the TC&W Glencoe Turn scoots out of town behind one of their CAT repowered geeps, just before the sky opens up on Minneapolis. The TC&W's former MILW main splits from... (more)