A sextet of geeps lead the TC&W's St. Paul turn back to Hopkins after interchanging with the UP in South St. Paul. This job typically rates 3-4 locomotives, but they brought over 100 cars down to ... (more)
Although it was my first twin cities trip ever, so anything I got was going to be a win, the friend I was traveling with had a checklist of things he had missed out on on his previous trip(s) an... (more)
Pulling into the former Milwaukee Road division point of Montevideo, MN, an eastbound Twin Cities & Western train passes the Milwaukee Road Heritage Center, which keeps the town's historical conne... (more)
A westbound Twin Cities & Western train passes the grain elevators in downtown Gaylord, MN on the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway west of Minneapolis. These elevators no longer ship by rail,... (more)
TCWR 2010 leads westbound freight over the Mississippi River at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis.
Back in the Milwaukee Road days, Montevideo was a crew change point between the Twin Cities and Aberdeen. The section was purchased by a new railroad in the early 90's, the Twin Cities & Wester... (more)
When Milwaukee road was in its heyday, their double track main though the western Minnesota prairies did encounter several river valleys on its way west. One such spot, known as Watson Sag still e... (more)
In the 30 minutes that the West End job went to Appleton light power, picked up 25 loads of grain, and left town, the county plow made several passes at the crossing and built up a nice plow ridge... (more)
A story to remember when I have bad luck along the tracks: once upon a December morning, I decided to drive to Montevideo, MN to meet up with my friend Jeremiah and see the Twin Cities & Western's... (more)
The eastbound TC&W road freight heads through Minneapolis behind four various geeps.
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)
