Head end power for a coal train bound for Superior WI head high above US Highway 212 in Granite Falls.
Coal loads bound for Superior, WI blast north through Granite Falls behind a trio of brand new ACe's. The 9074 and 9069 bring up the front while 9070 shoves on the rear. Quite the sight and sound... (more)
A Twin Cities & Western freight chugs its way under an old rural overpass, on its way through Granite Falls.
A mixed train of rock, grain, and sand fly by me at a blistering 5 mph. They're just a few miles out of Granite Falls, and the end of my Saturday morning chase.
After stopping to line the switch for the main at Lorne siding, the Marshall local is back on the move toward Willmar. A log jam of grain trains waits ahead that will soon slow this trains progre... (more)
The grain parade! A DPU pushes the second of four loaded grain trains past the first of two empty grain trains waiting to head south.
An ex IC GP10 puts on a show as it drags a huge sting of UP hoppers that had just been pulled from storage only moments before. (This is an image taken with my previous camera)
The Marshall local climbs out of the Minnesota River valley, dashing for Marshall to clear up for a parade of northbounds behind two GP28 rebuilds with neat histories: -28P 1596 and -28M 1537 (ex-... (more)
The lead unit should match the color of the second... Regular Merchandise - Willmar, MN - Watson, CA.
BNSF 7020 East (geographic south) meets a rail train at Lorne Siding, 6 miles south of Granite Falls
