After delivering limestone to the Minorca mine, a trio of BLEs led by BLE 906 come down the CN Rainy Sub at sunset catching a few of the last rays of the day.

Heading south for Proctor yard on a nice fall afternoon with steaming taconite pellets.

Heading back to the mine to reload on a nice fall morning. Both of these units are now headed for an unknown fate after having been removed from the CN ore pool and likely retired.

The local from Ranier to Proctor swings off the CN Rainy Sub at Shelton Jct getting on the CN Missabe Sub with a stop to do planned work at Keenan yard before going on to Proctor yard.

That afternoon glow before the sun dips behind the horizon. The sun has now set for trailing unit CN 2131 having been placed in the deadline at Proctor and will head south for disposition while t... (more)

A manifest winds its way south on the River Sub outside of Lake City.

A wayfreight shoves into the yard at Red Wing.

CP 7053 leads a manifest down the River Sub.

The Mankato turn continues west in the final moments of daylight.

EMD built 54 1,800 hp SD18 locomotives, built for Bessemer & Lake Erie, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & Illinois Midland, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, and Reserve Mining. They were constructed with ... (more)

The Mankato to Aurora turn heads west on the Tracy Sub past the old CNW depot in S*eepy Eye (more context towards the end) on a very hot and muggy summer evening. As much as I like summer, I don't... (more)

Surrounded by the cornfields of west central Minnesota, a Twin Cities & Western train rolls along between Danube and Renville.

An eastbound train steps across the Redwood River on the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway bridge just west of North Redwood, MN back in July 2016. Keen-eyed observers will note that the trail... (more)

At sunset on a frigid winter day, four CAT powered locomotives bring just three cars through Renville, MN on the Twin Cities & Western's former Milwaukee Road mainline.

After spotting their boxcars onto the storage tracks with the others already there, the crew of the R901 job gives a roll by to the crew of the L594 job which is coming up from Two Harbors with so... (more)