A westbound BNSF freight train enters South Dakota as it climbs away from the Minnesota River valley on a nice autumn evening. In the distance is Ortonville, MN. Keen eyes will notice the extra di... (more)
After a pickup at Ortonville, and then 3 hours of work at Big Stone City, L-TWI661 puts the throttle into notch 8 as they finish getting off the Big Stone Branch back onto the Appleton Subdivision... (more)
After a couple hours of work at the Big Stone power plant, the 661 local from Willmar heads west to Aberdeen.
Every once in a while, we stumble onto something good. Today was no different. After chasing a trio of brand new BNSF SD70ACe's, we decided to head west to find some things worth finding out into... (more)
TCWR 2300 has spent most of its career in the Twin Cities, working between Hopkins and St. Paul. That is why i found it odd that it has made its way back out to the far western reaches of the Twin... (more)
An empty ethanol train has just entered South Dakota as it rolls through the large cut at Big Stone City. It will drop a large portion of its train just ahead in Milbank before continuing on to A... (more)
The daily Northtown-Aberdeen manifest heads west through the big cut in the small town of Big Stone City, SD. The head end of the train is in South Dakota while the rest of it, still around the co... (more)
Just over the MN/SD border, this manifest train is rolling up track behind them for an eastbound train in Minnesota.
Priority intermodal from Cicero Yard to Laurel, MT creeps along at 25 mph over old jointed rail on the ex Milwaukee Road.
The sun has been up for two hours, but the light is still sharp on this eastbound train from Aberdeen, SD to Duluth, MN.
An overpowered merchandise train passes under one of the many bridges that span the tracks near the SD/MN border.
About an hour before sunset a pair of GEs charge west with a clear track warrant all the way to Aberdeen.
