A pair of EMD's hustle a stack train through the prairies of eastern North Dakota on a beautiful September afternoon.

A pair of veteran SOO diesels sing the trademark EMD song as they begin their journey down the Detroit Lakes Sub. The train was 13,000 tons, so this days work wasn't going to be easy. In its man... (more)

After dropping most of its train in Elbow Lake, 4 GE's have their 293 train doing every bit of 49mph as it glides over one of a couple minimum maintenance roads just east of Nashua, Mn. Kudos to ... (more)

Since the termination of the CP 599 train from St. Paul to Glenwood, UP power rarely makes its way west of the cities on the CP. And even rarer still, is UP power going north from Glenwood. But s... (more)

The day after a snowstorm dumped 12 inches of snow in the area, the OTVR wayfreight has finished their work and heads home toward Fergus Falls for the night, but not before clearing some plow ridg... (more)

A pair of good lookin' EMD's howl through the large valley just south and west of Lake Benton, MN. After a few sharp curves, the tracks head west-northwest into South Dakota.

Just minutes after sunrise, a lone Minnesota Southern geep takes 4 tanks to be interchanged with the Union Pacific at Worthington, MN. Its slow going as the track is not in the greatest shape.

An aging AC4400 in the dual flag scheme leads a lengthy 295 west out of Glenwood, Minnesota. CP has had a couple derailments at this location.

Labor Day 2012. The first NS heritage unit to lead through central Minnesota descends upon Waverly, Minnesota on their trip west with ethanol empties bound for South Dakota.

The Cargill facility in Litchfield, Mn easily towers above the EMD assigned here.

Expecting another coal train behind BNSF 8220, the 11 FURX 40-2's were a nice surprise. The coal train behind it is stopped, and waiting to enter the NSP plant at Becker.

A pair of SOO 60's throttle down as they have to stop to re-line the west siding switch at Henning. Like the leaves, these old SOO units hang on for dear life, as CP is well underway with plans ... (more)

Hoping to chase the plow back east out of Watertown, I was a tad disappointed when I found out they were heading west. Looking back, I'm much more thrilled to have chased them west. When traffic... (more)

A pair of GP18's head up a short train made up of mostly cars for the Fergus Falls ethanol plant. If you look closely, there's another GP18 in DPU. Although, im quite sure it was just along for ... (more)