MMNAU has just reemerged into sunlight after dodging scattered thunderstorms. These storms created quite a dramatic contrast in the sky.
The Mankato turn heads into Revere, past a remnant from the CNW days.
The Mankato to Aurora manifest heads west on the Tracy Sub on a brutally hot and humid summer afternoon.
A songbird perches on a telegraph pole that dates back to days of the Chicago & North Western as a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train traverses the rolling Minnesota countryside just eas... (more)
A pair of Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2's roll over a hogback in the rack as they approach Revere, Minnesota and hustle their train west over CP's Tracy Sub. Utilizing trackage rights over t... (more)
Back in March, when there was still plenty of snow on the ground, a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train drops down the undulating track just east of Revere, MN.
A lone telegraph pole remains in place as milepost 216 along the former Chicago & North Western near Revere, MN as a Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train heads west on a nice spring evening.
Three EMDs bring a rather short westbound Mankato, MN to Aurora, SD train through the small town of Revere on the former Chicago & North Western line across southern Minnesota.
Train 2471 runs its final miles on the Tracy sub before it heads from a crew change in Tracy, MN. As part of the deal, CP sold 50+ ICE units to the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern to use on their ne... (more)
With the crew close to dying on hours, the 10mph speed restriction didnt help things out. Eventually, a crew off the Huron Sub would have to bring the train another couple miles to its destination... (more)
After competing its work back in Sleepy Eye, MN, the 277 makes its way west toward Tracy, MN. Just after this photo, they slowed from 40 to 10, as track conditions prompted a slow order the rest ... (more)
