The daily Northown to Aberdeen train begins pulling out of the siding at Summit, SD. After arriving in town, and seeing the siding hadn't been used in more than a week, we figured we'd have to hu... (more)
On a rather dead Saturday morning, a lonely eastbound train sits alone in a field just east of Tracy, MN to wait for the next crew to take it to Waseca. The road to this spot is only accessible f... (more)
On a whim, i decided to head down to the DME in southern Minnesota. My last trip yielded nothing, but this turned out to be quite different. Upon my arrival, i spotted THREE trains. Two of them ... (more)
The days of rocking along at 10mph on the old CNW are long gone. Today, the DME freights, now owned by the Canadian Pacific, fly through here at 40 on new welded rail. Even though they haven't ac... (more)
After crawling over a broken rail, the very late Empire Builder is back on the move with a very rare(to this area) leader. Since Amtraks fleet of P42's have been plagued with problems, they've be... (more)