Two brand new locomotives, along with an older cousin, are in charge of priority merchandise from Northtown tonight.
A Canadian Pacific priority intermodal is making great time eastbound just after departing Glenwood.
Grain empties cast some long morning shadows as they enter the slow order and leave Morris behind.
Grain loads round a sweeping curve just east of the small MN town of Herman.
Three GEs throttle up out of a slow order as they head west with grain loads. The third unit is a trailing DPU which can be seen shoving on the rear.
The Empire Builder is a bit tardy today as it passes through the new crossovers at CTC Ramsey.
It's easy to see where the nickname worm train comes from as these grain empties head through Kerkhoven.
A loaded unit vehicle train from Portland, OR flies through the small river town of Maiden Rock, WI.
A pair of CP veterans head downriver with a mile of mixed freight behind them.
The Empire Builder has a few extra cars tucked in behind the power as it heads for Chicago.
Just after sunrise, a new BNSF unit enters Wisconsin after crossing over the St. Croix River.
A long Q train crosses over the St. Croix River as it heads east for Chicago, IL.
With the spring thaw well underway, merchandise for the Belt Railway of Chicago passes Lake Minnetonka.
The daily Grand Forks - BRC heads east behind NS, CN. and IC power.
A short priority intermodal train from Cicero Yard in Chicago dusts off the overnight snow.