An eastbound manifest behind three units negotiates the S curve at Lake Park.

The Wadena Local makes its way east to Detroit Lakes to begin its work.

At sunset, a westbound manifest rounds the S curve at Lake Park.

A pair of warbonnets lift a heavy train out of the Red River Valley at sunset.

An eastbound grain train behind three Dash 9's climbs through the curves at Lake Park.

The engineer has these two Dash 9's notched all the way out as they pull an eastbound manifest up the grade into Lake Park.

An eastbound Z train blasts upgrade on the west side of Lake Park.

Surrounded by wildflowers, an eastbound stack train grinds up the hill and through the curves at Lake Park.

At dusk a new Gevo leads a stack train through the S-curves near Lake Park.

No shortage of AC power today... this DPU has slowed the train to a crawl. The water froze up and started to leak... how could that happen... oh yea, the windchills were 45 below zero!

Coal was certainly the freight of choice on this day.

Winter 2008-2009 has been pretty brutal across northern Minnesota... no exception today as wind driven snow continues to drift along the Staples Sub. Windchills much of the day were near 50 degre... (more)

With a windchill factor of around 45 below zero, Amtrak is running several hours behind schedule, making a normally rare appearance in western Minnesota during the day. Brutal winter weather has ... (more)

Fellow RP.net contributor Christopher Muller and I got a nice round of honks, and what looks to be a wink, from the crew of this 10 hour late Empire Builder.

High above the horizon on a big fill.