The Watertown Local is well into the climb away from the Minnesota border as they cross South Dakota state highway 20 between Stockholm and South Shore. The terrain may look relatively flat out h... (more)

The wayfreight heads to Glenwood to finish up their day, passing by some covered hoppers in storage on the siding at Sedan. The trailing GP38-2 is a former Soo Line locomotive that still has its ... (more)

The sun breaks the horizon as a westbound train makes its way through a 10 mph slow order for a soft spot near MP 110, most likely right next to where I was standing as the tracks creaked and groa... (more)

The westbound Watertown Local rounds a curve between Bellingham and Nassau in far western Minnesota.

The westbound Watertown Local is on the homestretch to its namesake city as it rolls through a wide valley southwest of South Shore, SD on a clear and mild January day. With temperatures in the up... (more)

The searchlights at Benson are probably not long for this world, but they saw another sunrise on this morning. The West Local was having problems with them, however, as supposedly the signal in t... (more)

It's in the mid-20s ABOVE zero on a beautiful January evening as an eastbound heads toward Murray to wait for a meet.

This one's for Ben. The sun rises on the 5th anniversary of the earthquake that tragically claimed so many lives in Haiti, including a Lutheran seminarian and my friend, Ben Larson. The first tr... (more)

Just a few minutes behind another westbound, two more GEs bring a train around the curve west of Belgrade in nice early morning light.

After meeting two trains at Murray, a westbound empty crude oil train heads toward Glenwood behind some run through NS power. The GEs trailing are common here nowadays, but the former Conrail SD6... (more)

My first train picture of 2015 with some worthy motive power. Two GP20C-ECOs bracket a former SOO GP38-2, leading a string of empty hopper cars toward a meet at Murray. They would run around the... (more)

A day of waiting paid off big time as the eastbound Watertown Local came almost directly out of the last sunset of 2014 east of Bellingham. After hours and hours of waiting for the train to leave... (more)

The eastbound Watertown Local is nearly finished descending the hill just west of La Bolt, SD. The Big Stone power plant can be seen around 20 miles in the distance near Big Stone City on the MN/... (more)

The Watertown Local is eastbound on New Years Eve, passing over South Dakota Highway 20 between South Shore and Stockholm.

After spending all day putting their train together in Watertown, the Watertown Local is finally on their way toward Willmar, MN. They'll only make it as far as Appleton before running out of tim... (more)