A westbound is in the hole in the distance at Murray as the DPU of 198 helps a healthy train of stacks toward Minneapolis on a frigid February morning.

The sun breaks the horizon as a westbound train makes its way through a 10 mph slow order for a soft spot near MP 110, most likely right next to where I was standing as the tracks creaked and groa... (more)

The searchlights at Benson are probably not long for this world, but they saw another sunrise on this morning. The West Local was having problems with them, however, as supposedly the signal in t... (more)

It's in the mid-20s ABOVE zero on a beautiful January evening as an eastbound heads toward Murray to wait for a meet.

This one's for Ben. The sun rises on the 5th anniversary of the earthquake that tragically claimed so many lives in Haiti, including a Lutheran seminarian and my friend, Ben Larson. The first tr... (more)

Just a few minutes behind another westbound, two more GEs bring a train around the curve west of Belgrade in nice early morning light.

A day of waiting paid off big time as the eastbound Watertown Local came almost directly out of the last sunset of 2014 east of Bellingham. After hours and hours of waiting for the train to leave... (more)

After my 6 year old D60's shutter motor finally gave up the ghost back in October, I'd been borrowing a friend's old D40 until I could get a replacement. My Christmas gift of a new D5300 arrived ... (more)

A break in the snow and clouds allows for a beautiful sunset as a CP train heads toward Minneapolis.

CP's Chicago-Vancouver intermodal hotshot came through town at the right time for a sunrise shot again this morning. Some frost glistens on the prairie grass as the long stack train hustles west ... (more)

On a crisp fall morning in west central Minnesota, westbound CP train 199 slowly rolls past the state land west of Sedan as the sun rises out of the fog.

Minutes after Jeremiah Rindahl captured his stunning photo of Amtrak's detouring Empire Builder at this location, the sun is breaking the horizon and the fog is beginning to dissipate over Lake As... (more)

A beautiful sunset and threatening skies accompany an eastbound hotshot as it races toward Ogallala and North Platte.

A single SD40-2 leads an empty frac sand train east through Belgrade at sunset on a beautiful summer evening.

An eastbound makes its way into Belgrade as some farm implements head out on MN 55 at sunset.