Amtrak 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, is slowing for its station stop in Staples, Minnesota several hours off the advertised. The dispatcher informed them that they would be waiting for some we... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder has been turned into a crew van as they've been asked to stop and pick up the crews of 5 dead eastbound trains tied down on main 2 within 15 miles of Wadena. The... (more)

A Dash 9 DPU brings up the rear of a westbound manifest drifting downgrade toward Dilworth Yard, kicking up plenty of snow in its wake on a cold December evening.

A pair of dirty AC4400CW's sandwich ICE 103, a former SOO GP9, on a westbound train departing Murray during an early December snowstorm.

A westbound chases the setting sun across Minnesota between Regal and Belgrade.

The last in a four train parade catches some of the final golden rays of a late fall sunset as it rolls along west of Paynesville.

A single SD40-2 trundles west toward Glenwood with two Siemens generators in tow.

I finally caught a pair of CP's recently repainted AC4400CW's together on a train. They're slowly crawling across the bridge over the frozen North Fork of the Crow River a few miles west of Regal... (more)

A pair of the usual suspects bring an eastbound oil train around the big curve just east of Barrett on a frigid November morning.

With temperatures dropping over the last week or so, ice is starting to form on the lakes. No snow yet, though, so the fresh ice provides a decent reflection of westbound train 497 as it crosses ... (more)

A GP20C-ECO and an ex-Milwaukee Road GP40 head eastbound along Minnesota State Highway 55 toward Brooten.

Three EMDs (ICE 6419, CP 5739, CP 5008) rest at the east end of Glenwood Yard with an eastbound train. With no crew aboard, I knew my hopes of seeing this train moving any time soon were somewhat... (more)

An eastbound manifest with stacks on the head end rushes through Regal on a pleasant fall day. Even with the horn blaring for the lone crossing in this tiny town, the sheep grazing nearby don't t... (more)

Under a clear autumn sky, a westbound empty coal train rolls through the small town of Kandiyohi (pronounced can-dee-YO-high). Just ahead, it will reach the former GN division point of Willmar, t... (more)

A perfect fall sunset punctuated by a passing train.