The Northtown to Lincoln manifest crawls to a stop to wait for clearance into Willmar at the west end of the Wayzata Sub.

The Lincoln to Northtown manifest heads east on the Wayzata Sub with a colorful consist.

MNAU heads west out of Cobden as the day comes to a close.

RCPE's Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west through New Ulm, past the old CNW depot and grain elevators.

A pair of dash 9s take a grain empty west on the Wayzata Sub in Dassel, a storm looms overhead.

A load heads back north out of the mine with the U boat pair for power.

Early in the morning, 215 and 403 are paired up and ready for switch duty. If you ignore the modern cars, and the CN sign on the trailer, it sure looks like this could be from the Missabe era.

Northtown-Kick heads under the signal bridge at Hoffman as the sun comes out for a bit at the end of this mostly gloomy afternoon and evening. A pair of ACes were on the head end, and a dash 9 at ... (more)

The Laurel to Bozeman train heads west along the shore of the Yellowstone River, the snowcapped mountains provided a nice backdrop here.

The CN local heads back south later in the day at a crossing south of Eagle Mills.

3 Tilden heads south through Eagle Mills at sunset.

The CN local heads north towards Ishpeming on a frigid January morning.

2 years ago today, The last regular roadrailer train in the US heads west on the Springfield-Hannibal district during a hot summer afternoon. Word on the street is that this train is being termina... (more)

A couple autumns ago, BNSF's Lincoln to Northtown manifest crosses Washington Creek in Dassel, trailing 3rd is a GP7, NPR 1752.

After meeting their 3rd eastbound of the day, this ballast train departs Paynesville siding, putting on quite a smoke show. Ballast would be dumped later that night at Murray.