RCPE 3423 leads a quartet of engines through Mankato. The train has just left the Union Pacific yard, and the return trek to Aurora, SD is underway.

A westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern trackage train has departed the Union Pacific yard just north of here and is seen rolling along the riverfront in downtown Mankato. Just out of frame to th... (more)

Downtown Mankato murals provide a pleasing backdrop as the triweekly Mankato-Aurora train pulls thru town.

A pair of Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2's through downtown Mankato, Minnesota on the UP's Mankato Sub after picking up their train of interchange cars. As they train heads for CP's line towa... (more)

RCPE train MNAU (Mankato-Aurora) stops at Spring Switch to hand line their route from UP's main line to CPR's Tracy Sub.

Mankato MN-Aurora SD train departs Mankato with the ADM plant in the background.

A 3 pack of SD40-2's lead a ~ 50 car train out of Mankato after a recent snowfall.

After tripling their train together in UP's yard, RCPE's Mankato MN - Aurora SD train waits for the conductor to walk up to depart.

Departing Mankato, RCPE's Mankato to Aurora train heads west past the riverfront. The old Mankato depot once hosted CNW passenger trains, nowadays several local businesses call it home.

A pair of SD40-2s take the Mankato turn west out of town, back to home base in Aurora, SD. Folks were out enjoying the Halloween festivities occurring downtown, while us railfans were getting our ... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific GP38-2's throttle up as they switch the yard in Mankato, MN. UP 516 has always been a Union Pacific locomotive while the dynamic brake-less UP 793 was originally built for ... (more)

The RCPE afternoon westbound train departs Mankato with 30 empties dwarfed by the 135 foot Ardent Mills silos that recently had a mural painted on them.

MMNAU approaches the Land of Memories Park Junction where they are shown in spectacular light.

Departing Mankato yard with 35 cars for Aurora, SD.

UP 1943 "Spirit of the Union Pacific" leads an inspection train in Mankato, Minnesota.