The Marshall local with the BN trio heads north past the GN era depot in Granite Falls, a scene which could pass for 30 years ago, and amazingly still possible in the modern day.

Christmas came early this year as the Marshall local heads south with a trio of BN standard cabs kicking up some fresh snow outside of Granite Falls.

BNSF's Madison Local is on it's way back north toward Willmar, seen crossing a bridge on the south side of Granite Falls, MN as it descends into the Minnesota River valley on a sunny December afte... (more)

The southbound Marshall Local out of Willmar rolls across the Minnesota River and into Granite Falls, MN.

A trio of GE's on a southbound train pass over Palmer Creek north of Granite Falls.

A pair of SD70MAC's bring a coal empty down towards the Minnesota River valley.

A southbound BNSF crude oil train drops downhill into the Minnesota River valley just north of Granite Falls, MN.

The NTWLIN manifest heads south out of Granite Falls, passing some horses. The river valley looks quite stunning from this vantage point.

I came to this location the first time over a year ago to wait on a northbound, but the light ran out before the train came. After running a couple of errands in Marshall, I saw on ATCS that anot... (more)

The TC&W's West End job is about to duck under the MN 23 overpass east of Granite Falls, passing a combine that's ready for the harvest.

Representing some of the newest power on the railroad, two freshly rebuilt and repainted TC&W GP38-2s approach the MN 23 overpass east of Granite Falls on a sunny Friday afternoon.

On a cold and windy December afternoon, a BNSF manifest climbs out of the Minnesota River valley at Granite Falls behind five GEs. Across the valley you can see a string of covered hoppers stored... (more)

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.

This is sort of the "Google Street" view of a brand new BNSF SD70ACe rolling across the overpass in Granite Falls, working as a DPU of a northbound coal train.

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.