Hot on the tail of a southbound manifest, the Marshall Local throttles up after a 25 mph speed restriction. The depot in town looks to be used by the railroad still.

On what once was Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension, TCW 3516 clanks along with the daily Milbank Turn. Normally a 5 day a week operation, peak traffic demands runs on Saturday, as seen here.

After setting out half their train at Milbank, an ethanol empty bound for Aberdeen, SD makes its way toward Bristol, SD. After one of the best chases in years, we called it quits here and headed f... (more)

Every once in a while, we stumble onto something good. Today was no different. After chasing a trio of brand new BNSF SD70ACe's, we decided to head west to find some things worth finding out into... (more)

TCWR 2300 has spent most of its career in the Twin Cities, working between Hopkins and St. Paul. That is why i found it odd that it has made its way back out to the far western reaches of the Twin... (more)

When i found them this morning, the crew of the TCWR 2004 was busy assembling a string of coal empties. By the time they reached their destination for the day, Montevideo, MN, they had a full len... (more)

Its back to work as usual for these guys. The day after Christmas finds a lone GP20C rounding up coal empties for the BNSF to take back to the mines. The coal is used at the sugar beet plant nea... (more)

Finding a drift was pretty difficult as it was still snowing and the plows were still waiting it out. One road just north of Alex had just gotten cleared when the 491 made a mess of things. This... (more)

What used to be train 277, is now train 471. Since it has taken a new routing, its times through this area went from pre-dawn to midday. Making for an incredible sight and sound as 4 CP and ex-CP... (more)

With the shake-up at the hands of Hunter Harrison, the 472 train out of Huron, SD remains the only unchanged aspect of railroading out here. Even this may change as this line faces an uncertain f... (more)

Classic shortline railroading right here. Four CAT engine powered geeps belonging to the Red River Valley & Western arrive back in Breckenridge after delivering coal to Minndak. The depot is of G... (more)

With the train still rumbling across, it occurred to us that we can get a good shot of the DPU. Two new ACe's pulled up front, while this one pushed.

Head end power for a coal train bound for Superior WI head high above US Highway 212 in Granite Falls.

Coal loads bound for Superior, WI blast north through Holland behind a trio of brand new ACe's. The 9074 and 9069 bring up the front while 9070 shoves on the rear. Its slow going on this part of t... (more)

Coal loads bound for Superior, WI blast north through Granite Falls behind a trio of brand new ACe's. The 9074 and 9069 bring up the front while 9070 shoves on the rear. Quite the sight and sound... (more)