The crew was earning their paycheck today as they head east with 147 cars for Willmar and Chicago. The tail end of the train is still rolling through the center of Morris, which is about a mile a... (more)
An extra train of grain empties from Daytons Bluff, plus a few tanks, heads west behind a very nice surprise.
Amtrak's Empire Builder flies over the Elm River north of Grandin, ND on a sticky June morning. After a strong spring and early summer regarding on time performance for the Builder, today's train ... (more)
The engineer of 491 was standing right next to me enjoying the sunset as I snapped some shots of his train holding at Murray.
The fall colors in central Minnesota were nothing short of spectacular this morning as coal loads head east through Lincoln.
A rare sight pokes through the frosty sunrise leading the daily merchandise train from Grand Forks into Morris.
Boy did I feel lucky walking back to the car after nabbing this coal empty near Cleveland, ND.
It's a perfect summer evening as this very clean warbonnet leads a special train of BNSF officers into Benson.
A pair of warbonnets cruise westbound pulling all sorts of priority merchandise for Laurel, MT.
Close on the tail of 811, 581 heads west thru Maple Springs for its next stop in Lake City behind a pair of veteran EMDs.
Regular merchandise train from Lincoln, NE to Dilworth, MN lead by a pair of heritage 4 axle units, the second being a GP60M
The regular Willmar, MN to Watertown, SD pulls out of Bellingham after some switching at the local grain elevator.
The small ND town of Cogswell hides in the distance as a pair of DMVW 45s head for Oakes with the last 20 grain empties from the Canadian Pacific.
Grain empties head east through Morris behind one of Burlington Northern Santa Fe's best paint schemes.
Heading east from their home base in Breckenridge, MN, a pair of GPs lead the Hankinson Turn through the small town of Campbell, MN.
