Train 444 heads east out of Eden Valley towards its final destination of St. Paul. Note that you can see the mid-DPU pushing some cars back. This has always been a favorite spot of mine on the Pay... (more)

Old and new power on an eastbound manifest train.

A KCS AC44 leads this empty oil train through the curve west of town at Eden Valley. This was the 2nd of 2 back to back KCS leaders on the Paynesville Sub on this day, which isn't too common here!

My 2nd SD70ACU leader on this day was Norfolk Southern's class unit of this type on a westbound oil train. Here the train nears Eden Valley, not going too fast due to slow orders, which made for a... (more)

On the tail of a long 298, the Glenwood wayfreight slowly heads east into Eden Valley with a nice surprise, an ex MILW GP40. Normally, this job uses ECOs, so seeing anything other than that is a t... (more)

A pair of ES44s lead a potash empty heading westbound on the Paynesville Sub. The train is about to duck under a wooden overpass east of Eden Valley.

The pair of southern belles continue west out of Eden Valley, going pretty slow since sand trains on this part of the CP are restricted to 45 MPH. This would be my last shot since they would stop ... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s lead this work train west on the Paynesville Sub, along with 40 grain hoppers on the back end.

Due to a bridge fire and derailment in northern Minnesota, some CN traffic is being diverted from Chicago to Winnipeg on the Canadian Pacific. The first detour train to use the CP across Minnesot... (more)

Some visiting thoroughbreds charge up the hill out of Eden Valley on another pleasant summer morning in central Minnesota.

After waiting in Eden Valley for some mainline traffic to clear, the H41 wayfreight is underway eastbound and headed toward their next stop in Rockford on a blustery April day.

A bright morning after our latest snowfall finds eastbound train 490 muscling its way up the hill out of Eden Valley behind some visiting CSX power.

After waiting on some trains and doing some work in town, two GP20C-ECOs are eastbound out of Eden Valley with the H41 wayfreight on a late summer morning. I don't know exactly how old this unit ... (more)

Two GP20C-ECOs are on the siding at Eden Valley with the H41 wayfreight as NS 9273 blasts by with eastbound train 490 on the main.

An aerial view of a westbound CP grain train rolling through the small town of Eden Valley, Minnesota.