The sun breaks through the clouds as this unit train heads west on the Wayzata Sub to its destination in Mina, South Dakota.
Finally out of the slow orders, MNAU gains some speed as it heads through the vibrant southwestern Minnesota farmland.
Late in the afternoon, RCPE's Mankato to Aurora train makes its way through the rolling hills of the Buffalo Ridge in Lake Benton. Though it may look like a typical summer day in this photo, the w... (more)
With plenty of cars on this day, the grade profile of this section of track is exemplified well as the tri-weekly Mankato to Aurora train crawls its way west on the Huron Sub.
BNSF 7695 leads a unit train up the St. Croix Sub into Bay City, WI back in March. Apparently this unit had just turned 20 years old when I took this photo, hard to believe it's been that long.
After chasing MNAU, we saw this unit train that was tied down on the Huron Sub get a crew and begin to move. They would end up taking the BNSF connection to head south on the Marshall Sub, seen he... (more)
MNAU slithers its way west through the southwestern Minnesota prairie on the home stretch to Aurora, SD. The portion of the run between Balaton and Lake Benton has a lot of cool spots, and this wa... (more)
A pair of EMD standard cabs take a ballast/grain empty west on the Elbow Lake Sub near sundown. I had gone to Glenwood after missing this on the Paynesville Sub hoping it would leave before sunset... (more)
Back on home rails, RCPE's Mankato to Aurora train flies through the frozen prairie on this cold winter evening just west of Balaton.
WLMNTW heads east through Howard Lake, as the sun pokes out during a snow squall, making for some unique lighting conditions.
A grain train from the CSX bound for Mitchell, SD swings around the curve just outside of Darwin.
RCPE's Mankato to Aurora train is making good time as they fly west into Sanborn on this brisk winter afternoon.
1462, still sporting BN paint, heads up the Aberdeen to Northtown manifest as it heads through downtown Minneapolis.
A KCS GEVO heads up a unit train southbound on the Marquette Sub.
Train 260 interrupts an otherwise peaceful fall afternoon in downtown Lansing as it heads down Great River Road.
