A plethora of power makes easy work of just over 3000 feet of train. The extra locomotives are most likely being moved west to help get the railroad moving again after a landslide in North Dakota ... (more)

Most of the train has crested the hill in the distance, but this lengthy Winnipeg bound manifest is still hard at work between Eden Valley and Paynesville on a fine spring evening.

A grain train behind a pair of ICE/DME units rests in the siding while the CP 290 heads east past them.

A large low pressure system has finally moved to the east and the sun has come out again as a westbound behind blue and yellow power sits in the siding at Paynesville. They've completed their mee... (more)

Some sunlight finds its way through the clouds onto the flanks of a rainbow consist of three SD40-2s that's leading a westbound around a curve several miles east of Paynesville. They're just start... (more)

Dusk was settling over Paynesville, but I had to try to capture this unique consist on an eastbound that was sitting in the siding, having just received a relief crew to bring it the rest of the w... (more)

A SOO SD60 and a leased SD40-2 lead a westbound across the prairie between Paynesville and Regal. The conductor is letting us have a look at his copy of "The Milwaukee Road" by Tom Murray.

March is certainly not the most beautiful time of year in Minnesota, what with all the flooding, brown grass, and oh yeah, mud. The sunsets can still be pretty, though, as was the case on this Ma... (more)

It's just over two hours since I first saw this train in Brooten, but they've only made it about 30 miles down the line. The WILD (Wheel Impact Load Detector) flagged the 16th axle on the train a... (more)

A ratty looking CP SD40-2 and a CEFX leaser head west out of Paynesville on a cold and windy first day of March.

The spring thaw is underway after several days of above freezing temps in central Minnesota. 293 heads west over a small trestle outside of Paynesville, MN.

Two EMD 645s fill the air with heat and sound as they blast westward out of the siding in Paynesville, passing under the ongoing MN-23 bypass construction.

Train 491 has paused briefly on the siding in Paynesville to wait for a relief crew out of Glenwood, giving me plenty of time to admire this classic EMD power on a bright winter afternoon.

Two SD40-2s lead train 491 across the trestle east of Paynesville. My footprints from the previous day's journey across the frozen marsh and onto the river to get more)

Two SD40-2s lead an eastbound over the trestle east of Paynesville. You need a frozen river or a boat to get this view.