With the moon visible overhead, a gaggle of GEs sits on the Willmar servicing tracks. Sure, all of this is common as dirt on the BNSF right now, but maybe this shot will get better with age.
Led by SOO 4444, the wayfreight is shoving back into the siding to clear the main so other mainline traffic can pass. A water truck sits nearby, taking a break from the extensive street work goin... (more)
A westbound approaches a curve east of Brooten not long after sunrise.
An increasingly rare sight on this part of the Canadian Pacific Railway: four SD40-2s lead train 292 east through Belgrade, MN.
The sight of a pair of brand new EMDs rounding this curve just north of Pipestone not long after sunrise made getting up well before dawn and driving nearly 150 miles well worth it, don't you thin... (more)
After a relatively quick trip across the Wayzata Sub from Minneapolis, the Virginian heritage unit pulls into Willmar. They'll pause for a fresh crew and fuel before continuing west toward Aberde... (more)
An empty ethanol train has just entered South Dakota as it rolls through the large cut at Big Stone City. It will drop a large portion of its train just ahead in Milbank before continuing on to A... (more)
With their factory-fresh paint glowing in the morning sunlight, two brand new SD70ACes lead a unit coal train north between Holland and Ruthton, MN.
Three Norfolk Southern EMDs bring a short train of ethanol empties across the South Dakota prairie near Bristol. After dropping some of their cars in Milbank, the balance of the train is headed f... (more)
On a cool and sunny late summer morning, two brand new SD70ACes work hard to bring a Superior-bound coal train up the hill into Florence, MN. Another new ACe is working as a DPU on the rear of th... (more)
With the sun nearly to the horizon, an eastbound CP train roars by the intermediate signals a few miles west of Brooten.
The westbound Watertown Local works its way across the eastern South Dakota countryside between Stockholm and South Shore behind three Cascade Green GPs.
Heritage, meet heritage...the NS 1069 comes through Litchfield, passing the former BN unit that's still in use as power for the local elevator.
The Virginian heritage unit rolls through Dassel with an empty ethanol train on a perfect Labor Day afternoon.
Another fine summer evening ends with a train at sunset...just the way I like it.
