With infrequent and unpredictable operations on the former Minneapolis & St Louis west of Morton, trains on this line are elusive. After moving to the area last September, I've been patiently wai... (more)
The sun has set some minutes ago, but there's still light in the western sky and a little glint on the flanks of the TCWR 4302. The Ruebel Turn has finished its work for the day at the sugar beet... (more)
With track improvements comes more speed. Today's West End Job does every bit of 30 MPH as it heads west with a string of 30+ hoppers bound for Milbank, SD.
A westbound Twin Cities & Western train finds a hole in the clouds just east of Danube as it rocks and rolls its way along the former Milwaukee Road mainline west of Minneapolis.
On a stormy summer afternoon, the TC&W Glencoe Turn scoots out of town behind one of their CAT repowered geeps, just before the sky opens up on Minneapolis. The TC&W's former MILW main splits from... (more)