With several local jobs fanning out in all directions on most weekdays, Willmar continues to be a haven for older EMDs. A couple of sets of them sit near the sanding tower on a nice fall afternoo... (more)

On the 20th anniversary of the BNSF merger, the BN logo is still on the sanding tower and some Cascade Green locomotives are still beneath it at Willmar, MN.

A good looking ACe brings oil loads past a busy Willmar Yard on the last day of summer 2015.

The weekday local out of Willmar is always a good bet to find on this stretch of the Marshall Sub in the afternoon. It didn't disappoint again on this day with three EMDs roaring under the overpa... (more)

GE's newest face of low emissions and efficiency passes the wind turbines of the Buffalo Ridge just south of Ruthton, MN.

A new Tier 4 GEVO leads a southbound grain train near Hanley Falls, MN.

Westbound coal empties behind a pair of EMDs roll downgrade around one of the curves in the Lake Park area as they head toward Dilworth for a crew change.

An eastbound priority intermodal train sits on the main at Murray at sunset on a beautiful spring evening a couple of years ago.

Two KCS Belles head for Glenwood with a nice wave from the conductor.

NS 6914, a rebuilt SD60E, struts its stuff through Brooten with westbound oil empties.

Three units work hard to bring all 155 cars and 9700+ feet of westbound train 299 up the hill between Eden Valley and Paynesville.

A rail grinder in transit over CP crosses a rural overpass east of Nashua, MN. This photo was taken from the opposite side of the tracks from Railroad: Loram
Locomotive: Rail Grinder
Location: Nashua, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: LMIX 3404
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 14, 2015

The RRVW Hankinson Turn rolls across a small bridge just south of Campbell. In a few miles they'll turn west onto the CP for the remainder of their trip from Breckenridge, MN to Hankinson, ND.

Eastbound tanks pass the searchlights still in place at the east end of Campbell on the former Great Northern mainline in far western Minnesota.

Two GEVOs near the wooden overpass east of Barrett on a humid summer morning.