After the two-minute station stop taking on baggage in addition to passengers, the westbound Empire Builder takes the first curve after Fall River, Wisconsin.

The Empire Builder pulls into Columbus, Wisconsin for its fourth station stop on its way out west.

The westbound Empire Builders hauls at track speed a few miles out of Columbus, Wisconsin.

CHS Northwest Grain's operations in Warren, MN is switched using their old EMD model NW2 with a fresh-looking paint job proudly supporting Cenex Harvest States. The complex features the Northwest... (more)

With three fellas in the cab, CP train 491 heads north about a couple miles out of the CP yard with STLH 5593 behind the leading unit.

An unusual sight in northwestern Minnesota, 6083 makes an appearance leading a weed-spraying train northbound between Glenwood and Winnipeg.

Minnesota Northern's ILSX 1343 waits for its crew on its rails at Dakota Junction with a cut of grain hoppers and boxcars bound for the businesses at the end of line at St. Hilaire, MN (MNN Warroa... (more)

Parked on a small siding behind Northern Pride Inc., a turkey processing facility, is one of Loram's L-Series light rail grinders - LRG 24. This particular set of grinding machinery is equiped wit... (more)

SOO 2041 leads a local after working in Dodge Center east of Kasson through the snowy, wind-swept farmland en route to Rochester in order to deliver its trailing boxcars down the Seneca Foods bran... (more)

SOO 4419 & 4444 maneuver BGSX - Strata Corporation hoppers (Bradshaw Gravel Supply Inc.) fresh off the Northern Plains Railroad bound for re-filling in Trail or Tilden Jct., MN at their respective... (more)

On a very nice summer day it is very nice to see 3 CP SD40-2's all with the packman-style livery.

Expecting a cut of boxcars headed for St. Hilaire behind this locomotive, 1343 sits alone at Dakota Junction. This locomotive has been a recent regular on the MNN Warroad Subdivision. Photo from... (more)

After exchanging CP and BGSX hoppers in the Thief River Falls yard, the 5558 leads the TRF turn west towards Viking, MN were 5558 & 5561 will be set out on the siding.

The evening sun on a pretty spectacular summer day in northwestern Minnesota brings out some brilliant color in not only the sky and vegetation, but in Minnesota Northern's GP10 #1380 seen here li... (more)

A westbound rock train from St. Cloud heads into the sun to its destination in Jamestown, ND.