At 10 mph, the results aren't very dramatic, but it's always fun to see a train break through some plow ridges. An eastbound TC&W train is moving covered hoppers out of storage on this former Minn... (more)

The prairie is desolate and cold on a windy February afternoon as a Twin Cities & Western train brings covered hoppers out of storage on the Minnesota Prairie Line.

The Twin Cities & Western works through frigid conditions to move some covered hoppers from storage at the western end of the Minnesota Prairie Line. The 2301 is a former Kennecott Copper Mining l... (more)

An eastbound UP manifest traverses a landscape once traveled by immense herds of buffalo hunted by plains Indians, wagons filled with pioneers on the Oregon trail, surveyors and builders of the fi... (more)

A former Belt Railway of Chicago GP7 stretches its legs on a frosty winter morning, loading grain cars for Frontier Cooperative in North Bend, NE.

An eastbound empty autorack train rolls through the foggy and frosty Platte River valley between North Bend and Fremont, NE.

After waiting on some Union Pacific traffic to clear up, it was BNSF's turn. In thick fog and frost, a southbound unit tank train crosses the UP industrial track on the east side of downtown Fremo... (more)

After waiting on a higher priority intermodal train, two manifest freights get underway at the same time through Fremont on a foggy and frosty morning. They're meeting at the Union Street interloc... (more)

It's been a while since I've chased a train south on the Marshall Subdivision to the Buffalo Ridge. This shot reminds me why I should do it more often. A southbound BNSF grain train curves through... (more)

Amtrak train number 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, is running over 5 hours late as it hustles through a fall snowstorm in central Minnesota. They're just east of New York Mills and doing their b... (more)

Many of my trips to Tracy, MN result in nothing more than a picture of a train sitting still. Every once in a while, though, everything comes together, and it's shots like this that keep bringing ... (more)

Of all the locations along the Minnesota Prairie Line between Morton and Delhi, this is the one that's eluded me the most. I've got one other picture from here of an eastbound a few years ago, but... (more)

A story to remember when I have bad luck along the tracks: once upon a December morning, I decided to drive to Montevideo, MN to meet up with my friend Jeremiah and see the Twin Cities & Western's... (more)

The Twin Cities & Western makes a rare visit to the western end of the Minnesota Prairie Line to retrieve some sand cars from storage. The train is seen passing the restored Minneapolis & St Louis... (more)

Big Boy 4014 makes for an impressive sight from any angle, but if I was going to make the effort to join the throngs of admirers trackside during its visit to Minnesota, I wanted to see it in the ... (more)