With a cloud bank moving in from the west, a short eastbound starts up the slight grade between Sedan and Brooten.

Another Minnesota summer sunset provides a beautiful backdrop to the passage of an eastbound Canadian Pacific train between Sedan and Brooten.

An eastbound slowly rolls through Brooten as the sun sets behind the elevator.

A perfect summer sunset glints off of an eastbound Canadian Pacific train as it nears Brooten.

The setting sun shines through a few low hanging clouds as an eastbound nears Paynesville.

The sun is just seconds from disappearing behind a cloud bank as an eastbound freight dashes toward Belgrade behind a CEFX leaser and a SOO SD60.

A single GEVO leads an eastbound around a curve east of Brooten at sunset.

A westbound empty coal train meets an eastbound manifest just east of Kearney, NE on the busiest stretch of freight railroad in the world.

The setting sun glints off of the sides of two trains meeting at South Haven. Coming at you is a priority manifest train from Winnipeg, while its westbound counterpart waits on the siding.

March is certainly not the most beautiful time of year in Minnesota, what with all the flooding, brown grass, and oh yeah, mud. The sunsets can still be pretty, though, as was the case on this Ma... (more)

At sunset, a westbound CP train accelerates past the distant signal for Glenwood West.

A beautiful winter prairie sunset finds an eastbound CP train making its way toward Brooten.

The H41 passes the old elevator in Regal as the sun sets on the 5th day of 2011.

It's only about 3:30 on a warm 30 degree afternoon, but the sun is already near the horizon as two trains meet at Murray Siding. With a dreary forecast for the next couple of days, this would be ... (more)

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)