Three GEs, one new, two older, roll past some snowy farmland east of Paynesville.

Heading into the setting sun, a westbound Canadian Pacific train rolls through the small town of Eden Valley, MN.

Sunset on the CP's former Soo Line Minnesota mainline.

In the last light of the day, a westbound passes by one of the four light signals found along the former Soo Line main across Minnesota. This one is the distant signal for Murray West.

Two GEs round third and head for home, passing by the baseball field in downtown Kimball.

Westbound train 293 approaches Belgrade, MN, seen from the US 71/MN 55 overpass.

Rolling through the farmland of central Minnesota, a westbound CP train approaches the tiny town of Regal.

A westbound behind two Golden Beavers rolls through Brooten in some nice evening light.

After seeing six EMDs leading a train from this location in the morning, things are back to normal as two GEs head west with train 293 in the late afternoon.

Around 3 pm on June 6, 8 cars of westbound train 293 derailed at the bridge over the North Fork of the Crow River just west of downtown Paynesville. There were no injuries and no hazardous materi... (more)

A westbound nears Brooten, following alongside Minnesota State Highway 55, as it's done for most of its trip down the Paynesville Subdivision from Minneapolis.

The spring thaw is underway after several days of above freezing temps in central Minnesota. 293 heads west over a small trestle outside of Paynesville, MN.

A pair of GEs make easy work of the westbound 293 as the approach the Hwy 55 overpass near the small town of Watkins, MN. After a meet at Dickinson, this train had clear sailing to Murray.

In a scene reminiscent of the early 90's, three SOO 60's head across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis with a CP manifest for Canada.

293 cruises west through central Minnesota just a few minutes after sunrise.