With a rail train that was picked up in Mankato, MN, a pair of RCP&E SD40-2s have everything under control as they traverse the hills and curves that seem to be common on this part of the map.

With rail bound for points west, a pair of well worn SD40-2's snake their way out of the valley just south of Lake Benton, MN.

Just a month and a half into 2025, some of the first CPKC locomotives are making their way around the system. CPKC 7436 finds work heading up train 240 south on a chilly and clear February mornin... (more)

Just before Christmas 2016, OTVR ran a special "Santa Train" over its route. Behind the scenes, Santa rode in a warm pickup to the outskirts of each town and then would hop on to ride t... (more)

Fourteen loaded hoppers and a rebuilt SW9 trundle ever so slowly towards Milbank, South Dakota on a former Milwaukee Road branchline. The Sisseton and Milbank is now a subsidiary of the Glencoe, M... (more)

What once regularly saw CP SD40's and 60's, ballast trains this season are sporting a couple KCS SD70MACs.

With greens through town, the 6042 and its rail train highball past the siding in the last minutes of daylight.

More sticks of rail head west out of Glenwood into the setting sun. Just a couple hours before, a severe storm came through. Several tornado warnings would be issued further east.

KCS SD70MACs seem to be the flavor of the month on the ballast trains lately. These two have made several trips to and from the pit. Today's train basks in the warm evening sun as they head north... (more)

On the first day of 2024, F-JAMJAM as its known on the BNSF system is Red Rivers turn that runs on BNSF trackage from Jamestown, ND to Casselton, and back. Here, it flies above the town of Valley... (more)

Just before things flatten out on the prairies of western Minnesota, a few rolling hills gridded with gravel township roads can be a neat backdrop for trains traversing the Elbow Lake Sub. Like h... (more)

Built by the Fairmount and Veblen Railway, and quickly acquired by the SOO LINE, this branch line is now operated by Canadian Pacific. As such it's only fitting that over 100 years later, former S... (more)

Today's run east out of Huron,SD to Tracy, MN is listed as a "turn", so after dropping off their eastbound traffic, they picked up the westbound traffic and are heading back toward Huron... (more)

Canadian Pacific heritage has the solo honors of bringing 397, a train of canola empties, north through Minnesota toward Canada.

One last order of business for this Saturday is to ferry the weed spray train from Breckenridge, MN to Kindred, ND. Leaving Wahpeton behind, they head up the Casselton line on a perfect Saturday ... (more)