At sunset, a westbound CP train accelerates past the distant signal for Glenwood West.

A beautiful winter prairie sunset finds an eastbound CP train making its way toward Brooten.

The H41 passes the old elevator in Regal as the sun sets on the 5th day of 2011.

It's only about 3:30 on a warm 30 degree afternoon, but the sun is already near the horizon as two trains meet at Murray Siding. With a dreary forecast for the next couple of days, this would be ... (more)

As the sun sets on a snowy evening, the Paynesville Sub wayfreight has completed their work in Brooten and is seen hustling toward Murray. Two westbound trains are waiting on them in the siding t... (more)

BNSF 4740 west greets the sunrise at Frazee.

The setting sun glints off of an eastbound as it rounds a curve and heads toward Murray for a meet.

After meeting a westbound, a long eastbound gets underway out of Murray as the sun sinks toward the horizon.

My 500th: Fast moving coal loads race away from the setting sun just east of Verndale.

The 499 rides off into the sunset...

One of the simplest yet most beautiful sights in railroading (to my eyes, anyway): some classic EMD power racing out of a summer sunset. With less than 1200' of train on the drawbar, they were ea... (more)

Just another beautiful Minnesota summer sunset in Elk River.

Nothing like a little dose of EMD's 710 symphony to punctuate a perfect summer evening. Here, the SOO 6055 proves she can still pick 'em up and set 'em down, blasting out of Glenwood with the hot... (more)

An AC4400 and a SOO SD60 lead the 290 toward a meet at Murray as the sun sets behind a few clouds.

As the sun sets on Memorial Day 2010, an eastbound stack train climbs through the curves at Lake Park, its headlight dimmed from having just met a westbound manifest.