Just before Christmas 2016, OTVR ran a special "Santa Train" over its route. Behind the scenes, Santa rode in a warm pickup to the outskirts of each town and then would hop on to ride t... (more)

The day after a snowstorm dumped 12 inches of snow in the area, the OTVR wayfreight finds a drift at one of the many farm crossings on the prairie. They'd shortly stop and set out their train of ... (more)

OTVR 192 is along for the ride on the Ottertail Valley's train bound for Fergus Falls. Two geeps are on the head end, while the 192 takes up the rear. It is used to back the train out of BNSF's ... (more)

A pair of GP18's head up a short train made up of mostly cars for the Fergus Falls ethanol plant. If you look closely, there's another GP18 in DPU. Although, im quite sure it was just along for ... (more)