BNSF's Willmar Yard is busy on a nice summer afternoon. Here, a trio of GEs waits to bring a short cut of cars west through one of the yard tracks as some of the stored SD60Ms sit on the sideline... (more)

An eastbound grain train arrives in Willmar, pulling past a busy Willmar Yard to make their crew change. Several tracks over is a line of shrink-wrapped SD60Ms that have been stored here since la... (more)

A BNSF westbound slowly rolls down the jointed rail of the south track between CP 98 and Willmar.

Two former BN SD40-2s still in Cascade Green bask in the warm sunshine of a nice spring morning in Willmar.

Two SD40-2s and some other assorted power rest in Willmar on an unseasonably warm day. In a few moments, these two Cascade Green warriors will be called upon to lead the Marshall Sub local.

A southbound grain train behind a trio of H2 GEs turns onto the Marshall Sub at Sioux City Line Jct and begins the trek southwest out of Willmar.

The setting sun catches the flanks of a trio of veteran EMDs. This set of power has been assigned to the Watertown Local for a while now. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP28P
Location: Willmar, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 1544
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 12, 2012

A grain train pulls into Willmar behind an H1 Dash 9 as other yard activity continues in the distance.

A matched pair of ex-Frisco GP38-2s lead a local into Willmar from the east on a nice winter day.

Two GP38-2s originally built for the Frisco are seen in BNSF's yard in Willmar.

A Belt Railway of Chicago to Aberdeen, SD manifest rolls into Willmar. Meanwhile, a grain empty is being recrewed on the adjacent main track, some power is waiting on the roundhouse lead, and the... (more)

A pair of EMDs bark their way out of Willmar with the Marshall Sub local.

Some visiting NS power mingles with a few of the BNSF regulars at the servicing facility in Willmar.

A "triclops" SD60M, a CSX SD60, and a Warbonnet lead a unit tank train south out of Willmar on a sunny but cold December afternoon.

The first major snowstorm of the winter is in full swing in Willmar as three EMDs idle on the roundhouse lead and five more work the east end of the yard.