The Northtown to Lincoln manifest heads west through Grove City past the grain elevator. The cars on the spur are dropped off by the East Local for loading at the elevator.

After a couple hours of work at the Big Stone power plant, the 661 local from Willmar heads west to Aberdeen.

With no work in Milbank for today, the Aberdeen local heads right on through town.

On the edge of the Coteau Des Prairies hills is the tiny town of Marvin, located here is a 13 mile 1% grade on the ex Milwaukee Road mainline, and these veteran EMDs, leader still in it's original... (more)

The Aberdeen local continues the struggle as it crawls up the 13 mile 1% grade in the Coteau des Prairies , nearing the peak outside of Summit on a beautiful spring evening. It was quite the sprin... (more)

Now on the BNSF, the SD60 pair continues west on the ex Milwaukee Road mainline to load the train in Ortonville. Here the train heads past the abandoned elevator in Correll, a town seemingly untou... (more)

A pair of CP SD60s lead an empty ballast train west on the Twin Cities and Western heading to Ortonville, passing by the grain elevator in Milan.

After a brief stop to throw the switch, freshly rebuilt 8172 heads onto the Detroit Lakes Sub. You could almost smell the paint on this unit.

Fresh from a new rebuild, this AC44 is on point of an empty departing Glenwood yard for a trip up the Detroit Lakes Sub.

Hotshot intermodal CP 198 heads over the impressive Chippewa River trestle in Hoffman.

A heritage ACU is the sole power on this empty potash train heading to points out west. It was nice to finally get one of these leading in sunlight!

The Laurel, MT manifest heads west past Lake Minnetonka on a bustling evening in downtown Wayzata. The conductor was waving to the onlookers in town.

A pair of CSX GEs lead CP 587, crude oil empties, over the Soo Line's Crow River trestle in Rockford.

The pair of southern belles continue west out of Eden Valley, going pretty slow since sand trains on this part of the CP are restricted to 45 MPH. This would be my last shot since they would stop ... (more)

A pair of KCS units lead train 685 (frac sand loads) west out of Kimball on the Paynesville Sub. Somehow, this is my first time getting a KCS unit leading on camera, let alone a pair.