CP 646 heads through Pioneer Trail with an odd leader, a BNSF H1 dash 9, not something too common on this line. Light was rapidly fading by this point, with the train waiting in the hole for 2 wes... (more)
A wayfreight shoves into the yard at Red Wing.
Not your typical power on the CP, a BNSF GEVO and unpatched warbonnet (#697) lead an empty sand train west towards Glenwood.
The Northtown Yard to Lincoln, NE manifest heads through the Buffalo Ridge in southwestern Minnesota.
Empty oil train 577 heads north (or technically west) on the Detroit Lakes Sub with a pair of Belles sandwiching a CP AC44, past a field of corn soon to be harvested.
An unusual pair of CN GEs take an ethanol train south on the Marshall Sub into Clara City.
The Hugo Job heads southbound about to pass through the Broadway Street crossing. This would be the last we'd see of the train in daylight, as they would have to wait for traffic to clear the Midw... (more)
A widecab geep is on point of this day's Cedar Rapids to Manchester local. The train would do work at the yard in town, then head back south later in the evening.
With work done for the day, the east local has a straight shot westbound back to home base in Willmar.
A pair of GEVOs from both BNSF and CSX lead a manifest west through Clear Lake on the Staples Sub.
The Willmar east local backs into the spur track at Grove City to pick up a cut of cars at the grain elevator.
A C4 leads a short manifest down the Staples Sub WB.
A pair of CP GEs take a sand train west on the Paynesville Sub over the Clearwater River trestle near South Haven, narrowly avoiding a cloud.
NTWLAU heads west on the Wayzata Sub with some nice fall foliage.
RCPE's Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west into Judson with a 4 pack of SD40-2s. The train left Mankato later than usual due to UP's MSSDM manifest having engine trouble leaving town.
