Only a mile remains on the Wayzata Sub before NTWLIN enters Willmar yard limits. The warbonnet paint sure looks good in the last few minutes of sunlight here.

The Northtown to Lincoln manifest crawls to a stop to wait for clearance into Willmar at the west end of the Wayzata Sub.

The Willmar East Local heads towards home in Kandiyohi on this bitterly cold, but also beautiful, December evening.

The daily Laurel, MT to Northtown Yard manifest heads east through Kandiyohi past the iconic elevator with several units on point, typical for this train.

A military train from Camp Ripley bound for Kansas City, MO, with a warbonnet on point, heads west through Kerkhoven, in some spectacular sun.

A Breckenridge bound grain train heads through the small town of Kandiyohi.

The foam was thick on this day as the Willmar East local was being powered with 3 BN SD40-2s. This set would end up on the Aberdeen local later in the day.

In an extremely rare sight, a pair of MRL SD40's head up a priority Northtown to Laurel freight, and are seen here just before entering the Willmar yard at Kandiyohi, MN. In 5 miles, they'll chang... (more)

After being turned at Willmar, 261 highballs East, back towards Minneapolis. The first town out of Willmar is tiny Kandiyohi, which features a picturesque midwest co-op grain elevator, unfortunate... (more)

A detouring eastbound Q train is following Amtrak toward Minneapolis. It's getting up to track speed out of Willmar as it passes by the elevator in Kandiyohi, which according to a nearby sign is ... (more)

Under a clear autumn sky, a westbound empty coal train rolls through the small town of Kandiyohi (pronounced can-dee-YO-high). Just ahead, it will reach the former GN division point of Willmar, t... (more)

Last shot of the day for me as the NS 1069 comes blasting through Kandiyohi at track speed. More excitement than this little town has seen in a long time!

Three GEs bring a westbound past a marsh between Atwater and Kandiyohi as they near the end of their trip across the Wayzata Sub from Minneapolis.

It was a huge surprise for me to still see a Burlington Northern locomotive still running around and even more of a surprise to see the special decals on the side..

BN F-units in perfect A-B-A formation head west through Kandiyohi on BN's former Great Northern main line between Minneapolis and Willmar, MN