The foam was thick on this day as the Willmar East local was being powered with 3 BN SD40-2s. This set would end up on the Aberdeen local later in the day.
A veteran BC Rail barn is on point of oil loads heading east to Chicago on the CP Paynesville Sub.
Running late on schedule, CN's daily Steven's Point, WI to New Brighton, MN train heads west over the magnificent Arcola high bridge, spanning half a mile over the St. Croix River Valley, crossing... (more)
An inbound departs after boarding passengers at National Street Station in Elgin, while an investigation is going on with the outbound on the left. Apparently they struck a pedestrian here... howe... (more)
With only the lead unit online, BNSF 1439 is being pushed to the limit as it struggles hard to bring this manifest west on the Staples Sub late in the evening.
The Northtown Yard to Laurel, MT manifest has quite the colorful consist today. Many schemes of the BNSF are represented on this train. The last 3 units were added in Willmar for the trip west to ... (more)
A heritage ACU is the sole power on this empty potash train heading to points out west. It was nice to finally get one of these leading in sunlight!
An ex Santa Fe warbonnet leads the Grand Forks manifest through Osborne Road in Fridley after being stopped twice trying to get into Northtown. A little note you can see the engineer about to give... (more)
CP 7020, one of five military units, leads CPKC train 243 over the Crow River in Rockford, with an NS dash 9 along for the ride as well. Down below, some local fisherman try their luck. Since Memo... (more)
With a Twin Cities and Western GP38-2 pulling back, Milwaukee Road 261 pushes eastward back to Minneapolis a bit west of Gaylord.
After throwing the switch on the wye, 261 heads south on the Minnesota Prairie Line towards Winthrop.
After dropping off the majority of the train in the siding, 6988 heads east to wye in South Amana, past an old decrepit barn.
A few minutes after sunrise, 6988 is seen getting prepared for it's final runs before the locomotive's 1472 is up.
The pair of GTW units continue west on the Dubuque Sub past the lumber industry in Delaware. No work needed to be done here today.
The classic F units look right at home passing this old elevator on the Elbow Lake Sub in the tiny town of Farwell.
