It sure would be nice for this rotary to see some action before winter is through. Our last major snowfall a week and a half ago brought it out of Northtown to Willmar in anticipation of plowing ... (more)

A pair of SD45s continue to earn their keep on the DMVW. On this day they were pulling a grain shuttle train from Oakes to Hankinson to be handed off to the CP. With relatively warm temperatures... (more)

The sun is rising on a cold winter morning, setting the eastern sky ablaze as a westbound for Winnipeg nears Glenwood.

After plowing the line east to Hankinson earlier in the morning, a former Soo Line Russell plow is towed back to Lidgerwood. They'll continue west to Geneseo, then head south toward Claremont, Sou... (more)

A SOO GP38-2 on the Hankinson switch job takes a break as the plow train uses a spreader in the distance to clear the yard.

The setting sun glints off the flanks of the plow train as it rolls into Rosholt. They'll plow west of town a little ways, then return east to wing back a few cuts with the spreader before callin... (more)

The CP's plow train attacks the biggest drift of the day within sight of their destination of Rosholt, SD, producing some impressive folds of snow on the plow.

The Russell plow working south on the Veblen Sub makes short work of one of several large drifts they would encounter on this lovely February evening.

A Russell plow works south toward Rosholt, SD, clearing the Veblen Sub after heavy snowfall over the weekend.

Anyone else have a picture of a train with a Cobra attack helicopter? A DMVW train rolls by a park in Lidgerwood, North Dakota, headed to Hankinson to be handed off to the CP.

One of those moments where others might question my sanity: standing in the middle of the heaviest snowfall I've ever experienced just to see a train. I think it was worth it. Westbound train 49... (more)

Near the end of the day, some sunlight finally finds its way through the clouds and onto a train at Chelsea, Iowa. An AC4400CW and SD70M work together as distributed power on the end of an eastbo... (more)

Hold on to your tuque as train 292 comes sailing around a curve west of Belgrade on a day when the windchill was in the -30 to -40 range.

A repainted SD60 and the only ICE unit still in IMRL colors lead a westbound toward Glenwood on a frigid afternoon.

Two red SD40-2s make for a fine sight on a bright winter day as they lead a westbound manifest out of Buffalo, MN.