A scene once common on this line many years ago, kept alive through the 261 still operating in the modern day. Here the 4-8-4 heads past this old farm, another piece of history still around to thi... (more)

Back for another round of excursions, Milwaukee Road 261 heads west through the farmland in Augusta.

After working Atwater, the east local flies through Grove City on its way to work Howard Lake, where it will turn back west.

Making its way east on the Wayzata Sub, the Willmar East local heads into Litchfield with a geep and SD for power.

Still in it's classic BN paint, 1687 brings the Willmar East Local back west after working industries in Howard Lake and Montrose.

A quad set of RCPE SD40-2s thunder through New Ulm on the tri-weekly Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD manifest. The train was making good time on this day, and would make it to Aurora before dark.

A BN veteran is on point of today's Willmar east local. They just finished work at the ethanol plant, and are about to pick up another set of cars at the Atwater elevator before continuing east to... (more)

The IC sandwich continues south as the sun continues to shine on what was a mostly cloudy day.

An IC sandwich heads southbound in some wild storm light.

The BLE pair heads north out of Alborn at a rural crossing with empties bound for Fairlane.

A pair of BLEs and a CN motor bring this northbound empty through Bear Trap Curve in a light drizzle.

Loads head south in the morning with a dash 8 leading 2 EMDs in Saginaw.

Loads head northbound on the Missabe Sub past the old DMIR depot in Saginaw, where a junction and diamond with the DNE was once located. The recent rainfall provided a reflection shot on this morn... (more)

Empties charge up the hill with 2 DMIR tunnel motors and a C40-8 for power.

Loaded taconite heads southbound on the Missabe Sub with a widecab SD40-2 on point. The rain and clouds took a break for a bit on this afternoon when this train appeared.