Two SD40-2s and an AC4400 thunder around a curve as they lead a unit tank train west of Belgrade. I like how the low angle gives you a view of the blizzard being created under the train as well a... (more)
Train 496 kicks up a little snow from the tracks as it rolls through Belgrade on a bitterly cold day.
Two Geeps leading a regular manifest is not something I see around here very often. The H41 has finished their regular work for the day in Brooten and have been dispatched to Murray to dogcatch t... (more)
Train 291 has been tied down in the siding at Murray since about 8 this morning, apparently because the cab heater stopped working on the lead unit, forcing the crew to call it quits before reachi... (more)
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)
A westbound with DME, SOO, and ICE power pulls into the siding at Murray to wait on a couple of trains. The snow continues to pile up on this last day of November 2010.
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)
Seeing an SD60M leading certainly called for a chase and a few pacing shots, don't you think? You may wish to think twice before pacing a 50 mph train on icy roads, however. If you're from Cass ... (more)
Just one leased GE is in charge of a lengthy westbound. With nearly 7000 feet of train they were doing all of 30 mph on this relatively level section of the Paynesville Sub.
AC4400CW CP 9839 and SD60 SOO 6035 are in control of an eastbound as it slows for a meet at Murray, where they'll hold the main for one.
Another matched set of Canadian Pacific GE's (two Golden Beavers this time) leads a unit coal train through Belgrade.
An eastbound nears Belgrade on another clear fall morning.
As evening shadows lengthen, three blue and yellow locomotives sweep around a curve west of Belgrade with train 499.
A matched set of blue and yellow SD40-2's leads the 499 across Minnesota on a gorgeous fall day.
DME 6068, the "Joe Chulick," leads the 499 west from Belgrade.
