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)

One of TC&W's new GP38-2s and a rebuilt GP20 head west as light power between Renville and Sacred Heart.

A lone CAT Diesel Power GP20C basks in the afternoon light adjacent to the Southern MN Beet Sugar Co-Op.

Three Gen.II/GP20s on the deadline at the Railroad's headquarters in Glencoe MN

The Twin Cities & Western is still at work at the sugar beet plant near Renville as blizzard conditions slow most everything else in the area to a halt. Groundhog Day doesn't mean much to Minneso... (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.

It's a warm day with the cab door open as a set of light power heads east thru downtown Plato MN.

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.

After shoving their train in at Dunn, the TC&W runs light power down R5 and will head over to the swamp tracks to get their pick up. The hump has just cleared the lead on R4, and is almost finishe... (more)

The St Paul Turn comes off the BNSF Midway Sub into Commercial Yard.

A late St Paul Turn passes under the endangered signal bridge at Hoffman Ave with two ex-Kennecott Copper GP39s leading a pair of ex-SOO Caterpillars.

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)

After waiting for CP to clear Robert St, TCW pulls past Western Ave against the industrial backdrop of the Kellogg facility. They will drop the CP and UP engines here at UP's yard before continuin... (more)

TC&W light power pauses outside the Minnesota Commercial engine facility in Saint Paul. The engine facility is filled with various power, including a high-hood GE B30-7A, now used as a slug.