The Marshall local heads north into Willmar late in the morning.

An ACe and Dash 9 head east on point of an intermodal.

After meeting the ML manifest at the West End siding, LAUBOZ gets moving once again, seen here exiting Bozeman Tunnel.

CN's Dubuque to Manchester local heads west through the Iowa countryside with a pair of GTW units for power.

A pair of dash 7s switch Midway Yard in St. Paul.

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)

A pair of SD40-2s take the Mankato turn west out of town, back to home base in Aurora, SD. Folks were out enjoying the Halloween festivities occurring downtown, while us railfans were getting our ... (more)

An autorack train heads WB on the Staples Sub meeting another autorack train going EB a few seconds later near Becker at MP 58.58.

A pair of ES44s lead a potash empty heading westbound on the Paynesville Sub. The train is about to duck under a wooden overpass east of Eden Valley.

A trio of SD40 variants (leader being ex IC) bring ore loads south through Culver.

The night gas flies west through Plains under the classic NP cantilevers.

Unsure of the symbol, but a new train running on the Paynesville Sub are these coke trains from Thunder Bay. This ACU pushes the train westward over the Crow River in Rockford. The Soo Line letter... (more)

The Willmar East local continues west out of the small town of Darwin, kicking up plenty of snow in the process. Of course, this town is home to the world's largest ball of twine.

Now finished with Work in Grove City, the east local has a straight shot to Willmar with no more stops the rest of the 15 or so miles left. Here the train wraps around the bend just west of Grove ... (more)

The Willmar to Northtown manifest heads east on the Wayzata Sub with a trio of older EMDs.