Coal loads bound for Superior, WI blast north through Holland behind a trio of brand new ACe's. The 9074 and 9069 bring up the front while 9070 shoves on the rear. Its slow going on this part of t... (more)
The daily Northtown Yard to Kansas City, KS priority manifest sweeps around a big curve as it heads into the small town of Holland.
Priority merchandise for Lincoln, NE heads south thru the large Buffalo Ridge wind farm on a chilly morning.
Four GEs running elephant style round a curve just north of Holland, MN with a southbound manifest while several of this area's landmark wind turbines continue churning away in the distance.
A warbonnet leads a southbound manifest through the curves between Ruthton and Holland on BNSF's Marshall Subdivision. This area is known as the Buffalo Ridge and supposedly has some of the best ... (more)
After meeting a northbound grain load at Ruthton, coal empties from Dairyland Electric in Alma, WI head back to the mines for another load under filtered late afternoon sun.
On one of the first brisk mornings of this winter, grain empties for Jasper, MN snake thru the turbines of Buffalo Ridge.
This trio of GEs has been struggling to keep their heavy grain train at track speed since they left Willmar. The clouds and fog have moved away as they make their way through the big S curve near ... (more)
On an otherwise cloudy day, the sun came out just long enough to find a southbound grain train passing the wind turbines as it curved through Buffalo Ridge just north of Holland, MN. Someone obvi... (more)
Working thru the windmill farm north of Holland this Dilworth, MN to Lincoln, NE manifest train has about 15 miles to go to get to the siding at Ihlen, MN. The train will park there for a relief c... (more)
The Marshall Sub is definitely not flat or straight in alot of spots, as seen here just outside of Holland. This grain train is heading railroad West but will spend most of the 222 mile trip on th... (more)
Only one eastbound showed it's face during the afternoon hours, it's shown here passing Buffalo Ridge.
Windmills loom large over the daily high priority merchandise train for Kansas City, KS.
Windmills, a GEVO, and a great landscape... Plenty of power today on the priority merchandise train for Lincoln, NE.