A close-up reveals the damage sustained after the 303 hit a semi and burst into flames near Davenport, ND. While the damage may not look severe, it has ended the career of this former ATSF F-unit... (more)

RRVW 303 was wrecked this past summer when it came in contact with a semi just north of here near Davenport, ND. The driver escaped with minor injuries. While damage looks minimal, as soon as ins... (more)

A pair of Cat geeps creep past a cut of cars in the siding at Wegdahl, MN. A couple houses and a decrepit elevator are all that can be found here, apart from an occasional TC&W train.

Unique to the RRVW and TCWR are their use of rebuilt geeps, using Caterpiller brand engines. While they don't sound anything like your regular EMD, they do their job well, and it shows as the eng... (more)

A pair of Cat powered geeps start out their morning journey from Montevideo with 35 loads and 1 empty. Not sure if this is the Milbank Turn or the West End Switch job, either way, these RRV&W uni... (more)

The cloud line sat right over Breckenridge, MN. Just long enough to get some nice RRV&W power sitting at the terminal. Looks like the 309 will be waiting out the summer as it sits with its siste... (more)

A nice pair of GPs head west via trackage rights on CP's Elbow Lake Sub for their daily work in Hankinson, ND. The train is crossing over the Bios de Sioux River, which is the border between North... (more)

Heading east from their home base in Breckenridge, MN, a pair of GPs lead the Hankinson Turn through the small town of Campbell, MN.

The RRVW Fairmount Turn transfers from the CP to BNSF on its way back to Breckenridge, MN after interchanging with the CP at Hankinson, ND. The train is also changing symbols from CP RRVW-11 to B... (more)

A nice surprise as I wasn't even going to drive down this far. Waiting for three westbounds to go by before shoving out onto the main.

The first St. Paul Turn of the day heads back through St. Louis Park after interchanging with UP and MNNR. The second part isn't far behind coming from CP's Pigseye Yard.

After a bit of switching in the Minnesota Commercial yard, a lone veteran heads across the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis.

A great looking 4 pack of C.A.T geeps are working hard as the depart Olivia, MN after a small set-out.

There are very few stretches that a person can still find miles of codeline, but the Morris Sub in far western Minnesota is one of those places. The RRVW heads out onto BNSF tracks as it heads so... (more)

Much of the year the Twin Cities Western train that heads west from Glencoe each morning starts out in the dark, but long summer hours allow for a rare 6:30 AM sun shot in Glencoe. After digging ... (more)