A pair of GE's lead a manifest, although mostly tank cars, past the Amtrak depot in Staples, MN as the sun approaches the horizon.

An all EMD lash-up leads a lengthy 276 east through the bluffs of the Mississippi River valley between Stockton and Minnesota City. The scenery is lush with green and the fields have just been pl... (more)

Train 277, with its monster lash-up, works west out of Kasson, MN on a gorgeous April evening. Having thought we had missed this power move earlier in the day, we were pleasantly surprised to see... (more)

SOO 6062 and CP 6220 (a newly repainted SD60) make history as they lead the very first windmill train over the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern line in southern Minnesota. The bases arrived in Wolse... (more)

A pair of blue and yellow SD40-2's lead a westbound freight over a rural wooden trestle between Owatonna and Waseca. This was my last shot of the 277 for the day seeing as I had bigger and bette... (more)

The daily 276, led by a trio of SD40-2's, rounds the bend in front of the Greenway Co-Op Elevator in Kasson, MN. The DM&E is one of the few remaining Class I railroads (a subsidiary of Canadian P... (more)

CP 6242 and company pass by Rochester Public Utilities as they cross over the Zumbro River in Rochester, MN. This would be my last photo of this short morning chase. These repainted units are pr... (more)

An eastbound freight, led by newly painted and rebuilt SD60, makes its way through Byron, MN on a rather warm March morning. These repainted units are pretty sharp looking!

After meeting an eastbound freight, CP 6242 and company hammer it down to get their train over a small hill before they begin their descent downhill into Kasson, MN.

A newly rebuilt SD60 in CP livery leads an eastbound freight through Dodge Center, MN on an unseasonably warm March morning. I am biased towards the blue and yellow scheme of the trailing SD40-2'... (more)

A westbound manifest heads past Greenway Coop's Kasson elevator. The elevator just finished an expansion this past fall adding dual 8 ft. by 25 ft. dumping pits, 3 million bushels of additional s... (more)

A westbound manifest blows through the small town of Byron on a snowless December day. The Greenway Coop is seen in the background. A fire in 2007 caused $10 million in damage and lost grain. Almo... (more)

ICE 4203 is the new unit in town and is now handling the duties of the Rochester local. It is seen here heading west through a frost covered countryside with a cut of boxcars in tow.

A mostly empty mixed freight heads west past the Greenway Coop elevator in Claremont. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite locations to shoot at although it won't last long once spring com... (more)

A loaded ethanol train with three blue and yellow SD40-2's on point idles on the siding just west of Waseca. Just over the hill you can see an eastbound freight also idling. The yard crew (about... (more)