A DPU brings up the rear of a lengthy 198 as it hustles by a westbound in the siding at Murray. The lead unit was a nice 8900 series locomotive and its bright red paint is visible over a mile and... (more)

A newer GEVO and two UP units lead an eastbound out of the siding at Murray. They met both the wayfreight and a rather short 665 train here without stopping.

A long train of double stacks stretches into the distance on a bright spring morning in Belgrade.

Two GEs hustle through Belgrade with a lengthy eastbound train.

A GEVO and a blue leaser lead a lengthy train 299 into Belgrade on a breezy spring afternoon. I love this time of year as the weather turns warmer and green starts to make its comeback.

A repainted SD60 is sandwiched between two GEs on train 491 at Belgrade.

A new GEVO has accumulated a little snow on its nose as it hustles east across Minnesota on a clear and cold February morning.

CP 8888 leads priority stacks east toward Minneapolis, seen just west of Belgrade.

A nice all EMD lashup leads an eastbound through Belgrade, seen from the overpass on the east side of town.

The well-worn leader on this eastbound looks especially dingy when paired with a fairly new GEVO. Let's hope the newer unit still looks good in a few years.

A TEC (track evaluation car) train is eastbound out of Glenwood, MN not long after sunrise on a nice winter day, seen here between Brooten and Belgrade.

On another foggy and frosty winter morning in central Minnesota, an eastbound CP train gets underway again at Murray East after holding the main to meet a westbound empty coal train. Trailing in ... (more)

After completing some work in Brooten, the wayfreight is headed back east as light power, seen here hustling past the elevator and a boat in Belgrade.

Clear skies and a CEFX leaser provide a good dose of blue to the otherwise drab brown landscape that is late fall on the Minnesota prairie.

A single blue leaser leads a colorful stack train through Belgrade on a blustery morning.