An eastbound gets underway off of the main at Murray, passing through the work zone where the CP is busy with grading work to extend the siding.

Spring has finally sprung in Minnesota as dandelions take over. Two SD40-2s and an Operation Lifesaver NS GE hustle west through Brooten with a unit train of covered hoppers.

The former Santa Fe mainline across Missouri is certainly not the same as it was during the heyday of the Superfleet in the mid-90's, but it's still a thrilling experience to stand mere feet above... (more)

The Empire Builder overtakes the third in a line of four eastbounds parked on main 1 between Becker and MP 66.

My shot at Eden Valley of this same train had the locomotives notched out to climb a hill. Now the engineer has them in dynamics as they round the big curve east of Kimball on their way down to t... (more)

Pacing shot of an SD30C-ECO and a former Soo Line SD60 leading a westbound toward Glenwood just west of CP 115.

The BNSF Fremont local crew has finished their work on this end of town and are returning back toward the depot with this faded B40-8W leading. The second unit is a standard cab B40-8.

A loaded coal train arrives in downtown Fremont on the Overland Route mainline as it crosses the BNSF's line from Lincoln to Sioux City in the distance. They just met a westbound intermodal train... (more)

Foreign power is certainly becoming quite common on the CP, but this is still the first time I've seen a BNSF SD70ACe leading a train through here. BNSF 9032 and an NS GE lead a westbound down th... (more)

After waiting in Eden Valley for some mainline traffic to clear, the H41 wayfreight is underway eastbound and headed toward their next stop in Rockford on a blustery April day.

A GE and an ICE SD40-2 pull an eastbound toward Brooten at sunset on Maundy Thursday 2014.

A bright morning after our latest snowfall finds eastbound train 490 muscling its way up the hill out of Eden Valley behind some visiting CSX power.

Coming in at 10,337' on the MP 93.6 detector, this is close to the longest train I've seen on the Paynesville Sub. You can see nearly the entire thing as it passes over the switch at Murray West ... (more)

An eastbound behind two GEVOs makes its way through Belgrade on a blustery spring morning. A maintenance of way worker gives the train a roll-by inspection as he and others wait for traffic to cl... (more)

A westbound autorack train with two UP SD60M's for power holds the main at Murray, waiting on an eastbound that's doing some work at Brooten. Unfortunately for me, the train would sit here until ... (more)