Two Soo Line units bring a westbound out of a fog bank a few miles west of Brooten on the first frosty morning of the season.

Two Soo Line units haul a dead GE and an empty coal train through a driving rainstorm between Sedan and Glenwood.

A Soo Line vet faces yet another snow shower as it leads a Winnipeg bound train toward Glenwood, MN. Perhaps when I've seen as many Minnesota winters and springs as this warrior has, I'll be used... (more)

Over a foot of snow has fallen in the last day and a half and it shows no signs of letting up. The railroad keeps rolling, though, as a SOO SD60M passes the signal and west siding switch in Broot... (more)

After picking up the bulkhead flat from the siding in Sedan, the Paynesville Sub wayfreight is on the move east again, rounding the curve at MP 110.

Three GEs running elephant style bring train 290 around one of the curves between Eden Valley and Watkins. The snow is tapering off and clear skies are not far behind this eastbound.

With heavy snow continuing to fall, a single GE leads train 499 a few miles west of Regal.

A westbound with DME, SOO, and ICE power pulls into the siding at Murray to wait on a couple of trains. The snow continues to pile up on this last day of November 2010.

Strong winds have the snow really flying across Minnesota. A westbound CP train is impervious to it all, hurtling through Brooten and on toward Glenwood Yard.

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)

A SOO SD60M and a leased SD40-2 provide a bit of color in the midst of a nice late November snow storm as they lead an eastbound freight through Brooten, Minnesota. With over six inches of snow o... (more)

An eastbound with two EMD vets leading the way kicks up a little powder from the tracks as more snow continues to fall. The second unit is SOO 6060, an SD60M.

The H41 wayfreight breaks out of a fog bank and into the bright sunlight on a frosty November morning.

In a scene that hearkens back to an earlier era on the Soo, two trains meet at the west end of a busy Glenwood Yard on a cold, rainy day. The 6033 is on the point of the 493 as the 4400 lugs the ... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder arrives in St Cloud a little more than 4 hours late on a very snowy day.