The CP transfer flies alongside the CP Saint Paul yard to reverse in from the East end at Newport

A cold Premium sounded delicious on one of the warmest days of 2018 for Minneapolis, and I'm sure the crew on TCW's SY Turn felt the same way as they crossed the Mississippi with 5300 feet of traf... (more)

A TCWR unit sits outside the shop at Glencoe blue flagged awaiting repairs.

An ex-Dakota Rail SW1200 now serves the Heartland Corn Products ethanol facility in Winthrop. The TC&W RR provides the crew for this RCL.

A Twin Cities and Western Railroad 1950 built CF7 is parked at Glencoe.

The West End job breezes through the "town" of Wegdahl, MN. Nestled in the trees between Montevideo and Granite Falls, Wegdahl is all but abandoned. All that remains are a couple dilapi... (more)

After spending the night in the siding west of here, the West End Job brings some rock and grain through Montevideo on a beautiful fall morning. The West End job does not really have a set time, s... (more)

Slowly but surely I'm getting some more photos checked off my list along the Minnesota Prairie Line. Thanks to a timely text from another local railfan, I was able to rush out to Belview and get ... (more)

A quiet Sunday afternoon in Glencoe finds a GP30C basking in the late afternoon sun.

TCWR 2300 pulls the passenger train west to Glencoe where the diesel will cut away at the TC&W Shop, and the steam engine will pull the consist back to Minneapolis Jct. tonight. This train is run... (more)

The TC&W was at work for several days this week sorting sand cars on the west end of the Minnesota Prairie Line at Wood Lake to pull some of them out of storage. With the 10 mph speed limit and a... (more)

A train from Delhi slowly rolls through North Redwood, MN. The small stone monument along the tracks beneath the tree marks where the Minneapolis & St Louis Railway depot once stood. A young man... (more)

Resting between assignments are a TC&W GP20C and CF7.

Sporting a pink broom in the cab and faded Dakota Rail lettering, this remote control Rail Works/TCWR SW1200 has its work cut out for it switching out the Heartland Corn Products ethanol plant.

This former Dakota Rail/Rail Works SW1200 now has the duties of switching out the Heartland Corn Products ethanol facility at Winthrop on the Minnesota Prairie Line RR (MPLI). With no balloon tra... (more)