Just after the sun dipped below the horizon, an eastbound Twin Cities & Western train makes its way along the Minnesota Prairie Line between Fairfax and Gibbon, MN.

A pair of Twin Cities & Western locomotives brings a train of empty covered hoppers destined for the elevator in Echo, MN through Belview, passing the restored Minneapolis & St Louis Railway depot... (more)

The large grain elevators in downtown Gibbon, MN tower over an eastbound Twin Cities & Western train as it slowly rolls through town on the Minnesota Prairie Line behind a pair of EMD locomotives ... (more)

A Twin Cities & Western train gets underway after doing some work at the elevator in North Redwood, MN. The small stone marker includes a plaque honoring Richard W. Sears of Sears & Roebuck fame. ... (more)

The St Paul Turn comes off the BNSF Midway Sub into Commercial Yard.

After some work in Milbank, the Twin Cities & Western heads back east over the Whetstone River for home rails with 39 loaded grain hoppers.

The TCW's train to the Twin Cities has finished their work and is headed home, rolling through Stadium on a fine March afternoon.

Rock loads from LG Everist glide over BNSF trackage on their way back to home rails at Appleton, MN

Rock loads from LG Everist glide past the Milwaukee Road depot at Montevideo.

A pair of CAT powered rebuilds owned by sister railroads are in charge of rock loads from LG Everist in Ortonville, Minnesota. After using trackage rights on the BNSF, they are back on home rails... (more)

A lone GP20 Cat rebuild gathers some coal empties from the Ruebel sugarbeet plant in Renville, MN. Today, they'll make it as far as Montevideo, from there, they'll be handed off to the BNSF at Ap... (more)

TC&W 2004 leads a freight westbound outside Olivia, MN, on a surprisingly warm November afternoon.

When i found them this morning, the crew of the TCWR 2004 was busy assembling a string of coal empties. By the time they reached their destination for the day, Montevideo, MN, they had a full len... (more)

Its back to work as usual for these guys. The day after Christmas finds a lone GP20C rounding up coal empties for the BNSF to take back to the mines. The coal is used at the sugar beet plant nea... (more)

TCW transfer passes by Target Field.