Trains arriving at Hamlet predominately use the old SAL main to go north to access the inbound tracks. Here an odd collection of stuff is bringing in an EB train.

UP 3521 and 3553 lead the UP SuperVan through Hesperia elephant style during the early morning.

Ballast empties swing into Renville on the old Milwaukee mainline.

After pausing to pick up a lengthy string of cars from the siding here, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train snakes out of Cobden, MN in some of the last light of the day. The curves her... (more)

Back in March, when there was still plenty of snow on the ground, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train drops down the undulating track just east of Revere, MN.

In a photo that might make you think it's 1999. CSX 8033, an SD40-2, and CSX 7868, a C40-8W, are the power for M363 as it passes the Marion Union Station. The only thing missing is the old signa... (more)

The engines have been fueled at the terminal. A crew member climbs aboard and they will head to the yard to pickup their train and head to Butler.

KANSAS CITY Sept 29 1979 -- Rock Island SD40-2 4796 awaits its fate as shutdown of the Rock is only months away. This unit went to Illinois Central Gulf. My photo.

WS-2 heading into MC Yard to pickup its train. NYSW SD40-2 3024, painted into a heritage scheme, coupled to SD70M 4060. 4060 Has also been repainted from NS colors into NYSW's yellow jacket scheme... (more)

A former CN SD40, since rebuilt into an SD40-2 by BNSF, idles at BlendStar's fuel terminal at BNSF's East Thomas Yard.

One of 10 active high hood SD40-2s on the roster works Norris Yard in Irondale.

An empty rock train bound for Ortonville clicks and clacks over the jointed rail on the Twin Cities and Western.

A westbound Burlington Northern coal train approaches milepost 146 between Hillrose and Brush, Colorado, on the afternoon of July 13, 1990. Powering the train loaded with Powder River Basin coal a... (more)

After stopping to pick up a long cut of cars from the siding at Cobden, a westbound RCPE trackage rights train accelerates toward Springfield in some of the last light of a long late spring day.

The tranquility of a Saturday evening in small town Minnesota is briefly disturbed by the passage of a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern trackage rights train. The red wood structure in the d... (more)