An eastbound ballast train on the Minnesota Prairie Line passes the elevator in North Redwood, MN. After being derelict for quite some time and on the brink of destruction, this elevator has been ... (more)

What In The NRFF Is Going On Here? Former Reading & Northern (RBMN) CF7 1504 (née ATSF 43C , EMD F7A) has been a resident of the Red River Valley & Western for over a decade and a half, bu... (more)

One last order of business for this Saturday is to ferry the weed spray train from Breckenridge, MN to Kindred, ND. Leaving Wahpeton behind, they head up the Casselton line on a perfect Saturday ... (more)

The Twin Cities & Western St. Paul Turn arrives at the Minnesota Commercial Yard with a quartet of various unique EMDs including a GP20C leading.

RRVW train BRHA10, the Hankinson Turn, diverges off the BNSF Morris Subdivision. Utilizing BNSF trackage rights, it will serve customers on the CP all the way to Hankinson, ND.

Between Jamestown and Oakes, ND, Red River's 6th sub follows the James River Valley, and as such, crosses many times. The line was disused for the most part until the elevator in Adrian began shi... (more)

A pair of Cat rebuilt GP20C's bring 25 empties for the elevator at Adrian, ND. Here, just south of Jamestown, ND.

A pair of GP20C's in sequential order, 2052/2051, tow a string of 29 tank cars.

A quiet Sunday afternoon in Glencoe finds RRV&W and TCWR locomotives awaiting their next assignment.

The Red River Valley & Western's Hankinson Turn is hot on the heels of a southbound BNSF empty grain train as they accelerate out of Breckenridge. It will be a quick trip down to the junction wit... (more)

TCWR 20th anniversary special passenger train heads east as it passes a local tied down on the house track.

The day has finally arrived! No, not Election Day...the day I got a decent shot of the RRVW 406 leading a train! They've finished their work in Danube and head to Ruebel with 406 as their sole p... (more)

Two Caterpillar powered locomotives run westbound past a soybean field waiting to be harvested near Buffalo Lake, MN.

After waiting for BNSF to leave, the crew of this Edgeley turn begins their trek westward into North Dakota. Breckenridge is a big Great Northern town, as evident by the GN caboose sitting outside... (more)