The Red River Valley & Western's Hankinson Turn is hot on the heels of a southbound BNSF empty grain train as they accelerate out of Breckenridge. It will be a quick trip down to the junction wit... (more)
RRVW's Hankinson Turn heads west across CP trackage rights to the yard at its namesake destination. It paused here at the siding at Oswald to let an empty Bakken oil train run around it.
RRVW's Hankinson Turn highballs Tenney, MN as it heads west over trackage rights on CP's former Soo mainline.
RRVW's Hankinson Turn stops to set out a few cars at Hankinson Renewable Energy's ethanol plant. The other RRVW GP20C will be picked up the next day by CP for transit to the Twin Cities.
A pair of RRVW GP's lead the Hankinson Turn over trackage rights on BNSF toward the CP/DMVW interchange at Hankinson, ND.
The RRVW Hankinson Turn rolls across a small bridge just south of Campbell. In a few miles they'll turn west onto the CP for the remainder of their trip from Breckenridge, MN to Hankinson, ND.
A pair of GP38-2s lead RRVW's Hankinston Turn across the former Soo, now CP main line, seen here passing the lush field around the siding at Oswald.
Breckenridge, MN and Wahpeton, ND can be seen in the distance as RRVW's Hankinson turn heads south on the BNSF. To call this portion of Minnesota flat is an understatement.
The Red River Valley & Western Hankinson Turn has taken the siding in Campbell to meet a westbound BNSF grain train and wait to receive their warrant onto the Canadian Pacific several miles ahead.... (more)