An eastbound climbs the slight grade toward Brooten.

An eastbound kicks up some snow from the tracks as it's easily making 50 mph on the west side of Brooten, with a nice wave from the conductor.

An eastbound stack train makes its way through Brooten.

The local rests on the siding in Brooten as the clouds finally move off to the east.

Two ex-Soo Line units sit on the siding in Brooten as evening falls. I've been trying to take more low angles for roster shots recently and I'm pretty pleased with this one.

CP 8561 crossing the Skunk River on the Brooten Line.

CP 8561 rolls by some accumulated junk in a field heading down the Brooten Line.

CP 8561 heads up the Brooten Line with sixteen cars.

CP AC4400 8561 with a special movie train on the Brooten Line. The local safety & health committee was filming a short film.

CP AC4400 8561 rolls west over the remains of the Brooten Line during the filming of a safety video on July 22nd.

A rare move over what's left of the Soo's Brooten Line, which was a 181-mile shortcut for Dakota grain destined for Duluth/Superior. The line was abandoned and torn up in the 1980s; only a short... (more)

A single locomotive and sixteen cars sit on what's left of the line that ran from Brooten to Duluth/Superior. They were being used to film a safety video later in the day.

The Paynesville Sub local's power sits on a siding in Brooten awaiting a fresh crew.

A plow train from Minneapolis has cleared the main line, and a westbound behind the 754 has made it to Brooten, where F7 2228B and another F7 lead an eastbound past the depot and into the siding e... (more)

A loaded unit coke train cruises east under the power of three GEs.