The mail and the railroad: two things that keep moving no matter what the weather. A westbound CP train heads through town on a windy and snowy day and past a local's mailbox.
Snow has been pretty scarce around here this winter, but the flakes are flying in early March as the H55 wayfreight rolls into Brooten from the west to do some work. Two former Soo Line GP38-2s l... (more)
I think this is the first of the Olympic scheme units I've caught leading a train, seen rounding a curve just east of Brooten. The covered hoppers in the distance are on what remains of the Broot... (more)
This one's for Ben. The sun rises on the 5th anniversary of the earthquake that tragically claimed so many lives in Haiti, including a Lutheran seminarian and my friend, Ben Larson. The first tr... (more)
My first train picture of 2015 with some worthy motive power. Two GP20C-ECOs bracket a former SOO GP38-2, leading a string of empty hopper cars toward a meet at Murray. They would run around the... (more)