Three older EMD locomotives hustle northbound alongside Minnesota State Highway 23 near Clara City, MN, headed back toward Willmar with the local from Marshall.
The sun has just peaked over the horizon as L-TWI880 does every bit of trackspeed at sunrise through Clara City, MN on the Marshall subdivision with BNSF 1940, 1776 and 2909.
An unusual pair of CN GEs take an ethanol train south on the Marshall Sub into Clara City.
A short Northtown Yard to Lincoln, NE manifest heads through Clara City, kicking up quite a storm along the way. The elevator's locomotive loads cars in the background.
The Maddy Local heads southbound on a bitter -20°F morning. This train will turn off the Marshall Sub in Hanley Falls, running the ex M&STL Hanley Falls Sub.
Grain empties southbound on the Marshall Sub, with some hoarfrost.
A unit windmill train passes thru Clara City on BNSF Marshall Sub.
Driving home through the fog last night, I hoped there would be some frost this morning. I wasn't disappointed, and the BNSF obliged with a few trains on the Marshall Sub. First was this grain t... (more)
Snow and frost make the prairie of west central Minnesota look barren but beautiful. A pair of BNSF GE's provide a bit of color as they accelerate out of Clara City toward Willmar with manifest t... (more)
A manifest slowly rolls south through Clara City as a grain train and its power sit idle on a warm Saturday afternoon.
Coal loads accelerate out of the siding at Clara City after a three way meet.
An empty grain train passes by one of the many flags waving around downtown Clara City. This train was actually a rare BNSF one-unit wonder; the DPU that the train was supposed to have on the rear... (more)
The M-DILLIN-18 meets the Hanley Falls local
A loaded unit coal powers up after meeting a grain empty at Clara City. The second unit was BNSF 9371, it will be dropped off in Willmar.
A unit train of ethanol empties (left) with one hopper car as a buffer sits between the switches as BNSF's Willmar-Dawson turn passes.
