Westbound entering the mainline at Manitoba Jct and heading back to Dilworth

It just so happened that today's eastbound builder was the next train behind a 93 car manifest that derailed and blocked both main tracks in central Minnesota. With most of the passengers moved t... (more)

Two GEs lead a string of autoracks up the hill and under the wooden bridges east of Hawley.

After waiting on traffic ahead to get moving, an empty coal train gets underway. With the railroad backed up getting into Dilworth, they'll only make it another few miles before having to wait ag... (more)

After traffic clears, two GEVOs race westward toward Hawley with their merchandise freight. Notice the coal hopper hitching a ride on a flatcar.

An eastbound grain train climbs the grade out of Hawley with a single Dash 9 shoving on the rear.

With its cigar band peeling away, this veteran EMD drags a coal load slowly uphill out of Hawley on a pleasant May morning.

A trio of GEs tugs a long grain train slowly uphill eastward under the wooden bridges east of Hawley.

The crew of this westbound stack train stares the winter sun down as they fly through some fresh snow near Hawley.

An SD70ACe gleams in some nice late afternoon sun near Hawley as they speed toward Dilworth. They've had a slow trip across the Staples Sub on a very congested and very cold day.

A Dash 9 DPU brings up the rear of a westbound manifest drifting downgrade toward Dilworth Yard, kicking up plenty of snow in its wake on a cold December evening.

CN 8018 and BNSF 5450 lead a long auto train westward around Cleary's curve east of Hawley. The train would end up taking the Prosper Subdivision and likely would only be making it as far as Nolan... (more)

Norfolk Southern's "Monongahela" and "Lackawanna" heritage units power a U-NSDFYN0-07T past Mt. Muller on a gorgeous June afternoon.

Reverse Oreo tank cars roll West behind two Ponies past a field of juvenile corn in the rolling hills of Western Minnesota.

Norfolk Southern 8101, the Central of Georgia heritage unit, sweeps through the big curve near Manitoba Jctn with a long string of empty crude oil tanks.