Three CSX units lead a unit hopper train across the frozen Minnesota countryside just east of Kerkhoven.

Just thirty miles east of here, I captured this train in full sunlight. Things have taken a dramatic turn as two SD40-2s lead a westbound through a heavy snow shower west of Paynesville.

A lengthy westbound UP stack train running on trackage rights on the BNSF begins to slow for its assault on Galesburg, passing beneath the Santa Fe style cantilevers at Yost.

An empty coal train snakes out of downtown and into Galesburg Yard behind a CN SD75I. A couple of BNSF inspection cars are visible in the background, parked near the Amtrak station.

I took advantage of the frozen lake to get a different vantage point on this bridge. Two Soo Line GP38-2s make a nice sight on a clear winter day.

After letting westbound train 497 get around them, the wayfreight is getting underway again on the siding in Eden Valley with two Soo Line GP38-2s on point.

Two GEs are in dynamics as they cross the Clearwater River west of South Haven with westbound train 497. In just a few moments the engineer will be back on the throttle to lift the train out of t... (more)

The clouds and snow of the morning and early afternoon hours have given way to a pleasant and sunny evening on the prairie. CP adds to the scene with a nice trio of GP38-2s pulling a westbound gra... (more)

After a lengthy wait at Hoffman to meet train 198, westbound 497 is underway again and making quick work of the descent into the Pomme de Terre River valley just east of Barrett.

Four EMDs, including two SD60 rebuilds slow their train to a crawl across the steel bridge east of Hoffman. They'll come to a stop shortly to wait for some welders to clear, then continue on to t... (more)

Two rebuilt SD60s, a bandit GP40, and a dual flag SD40-2 have a lengthy westbound manifest up to track speed not long after departing Glenwood Yard on a perfectly clear January afternoon.

The Paynesville Sub wayfreight rolls into Rockford on its way east.

This is sort of the "Google Street" view of a brand new BNSF SD70ACe rolling across the overpass in Granite Falls, working as a DPU of a northbound coal train.

An eastbound grain train passes an international truck resting on a frigid day in Brooten.

Two blue and yellow SD40-2s and SD60M repaint CP 6260 lead a ballast train toward Glenwood.