RRVW train HABR06, better know as the Hankinson Turn, takes the wye from CP to BNSF on a very late return trip back to home rails in Breckinridge, MN. I've been photographing trains for 25 years ... (more)

Growing up on the Grand Trunk Western, I've always had a thing for SW1200RS units. Here a pair of ex-CP locos drill cars at the east end of Breckinridge.

Better known as the "Breck Local", the crew is waiting for a dinner delivery before proceeding north while a farmer plows his field.

A pair of RRVW GP's lead the Hankinson Turn over trackage rights on BNSF toward the CP/DMVW interchange at Hankinson, ND.

The RRVW Hankinson Turn rolls across a small bridge just south of Campbell. In a few miles they'll turn west onto the CP for the remainder of their trip from Breckenridge, MN to Hankinson, ND.

After switching out Minn-Dak Farmers Coop just over the border, a perfect set of SW1200 switchers return to Breckenridge with 48 cars.

Red River Valley & Western's out of service CF7 slugs await an uncertain fate in the yard at Breckenridge, dwarfed by the local grain elevator.

A RRVW GP15C and an ILSX GP39-2 lead a train of empties back toward Breckenridge, MN from Davenport, ND.

A pair of GP38-2s lead RRVW's Hankinston Turn across the former Soo, now CP main line, seen here passing the lush field around the siding at Oswald.

Red River Valley & Western #300 leads a short train through a classic rural scene near Jamestown, ND || Sept 1989

Breckenridge, MN and Wahpeton, ND can be seen in the distance as RRVW's Hankinson turn heads south on the BNSF. To call this portion of Minnesota flat is an understatement.

With 35 cars in tow, a pair of Red River Valley and Western units out of Breckenridge head west on the CP for Hankinson over the frozen Bois De Sioux River.

Red River Valley units at Breckenridge, MN.

To complete their work at Fairmount and Hankinson, ND, Red River Valley & Western must utilize trackage rights on both the BNSF and Canadian Pacific. Here, they are in between both railroads as t... (more)

Red River Valley & Western put together a pretty epic lashup for todays Hankinson Turn. Six geeps work together to keep the 5000+ tons of freight moving to their destination.