April 2009 Western Minnesota
Author: Bryant Kaden
BNSF Staples Sub; CP around Glenwood
Photo Gallery
A GP38-2 rests in the morning sun in Glenwood.
An eastbound at sunset between Brooten and Belgrade.
The westbound local rolls through the cuts and under the overpasses east of Hawley.
A westbound Z train blasts downgrade toward Hawley.
An eastbound sits on the Detroit Lakes Sub waiting for b new crew outside Glenwood Yard.
Eastbound Superior coal loads have two new GE ES44C4's on the point today. They're undergoing testing by GE and/BNSF in coal service.
Two new ES44C4's work as DPU's on a Superior bound coal train across Minnesota.
GE lab car on a Superior bound coal train as it hits the Brainerd Sub in Staples.
A westbound Z train flies through Wadena under cloudy skies.
BNSF's local does some work in Wadena.
A westbound leaves Murray Siding and heads toward Belgrade and then on to Glenwood.
A westbound heads into the setting sun a few!miles west of Buffalo.
A westbound passes the east end of Dickinson Siding between Rockford and Buffalo.
As the sun sets, the moon rises over a westbound heading through South Haven.
A westbound heads into the sunset past the siding at South Haven.
A string of aging intermodal cars that have been stored along the CP's Paynesville Sub in Belgrade for several years now.
Finally! A CP train with all EMD power on the Paynesville Sub! Too bad it was a westbound in the mid morning when this was the only decent kind of shot I could manage.
A westbound with two SD40-2s as power is slowing for the east switch into Glenwood Yard as it rolls through a rural grade crossing.
A bandit switcher rests in Glenwood. Its Milwaukee Road number still shows through on its side.
An SD40-2 awaits its next assignment in Glenwood.
An eastbound grain train heads into the sun at Regal.
An eastbound grain train rounds the curve at MP 110 between Sedan and Brooten.
Former BN and CB&Q Geep on the servicing tracks in Willmar. It's good to see that large BN logo on its nose.
Three Geeps head west down the main past the yard in Willmar so they can back into the yard and tie onto their train.
A short westbound Z train rolls into Willmar for a crew change. Meanwhile, the westbound on the adjacent track has started to depart for the Marshall Sub and a set of power is waiting to enter the main in the distance.
Three Geeps throttle up and head west down the main in Willmar, one of them spewing exhaust across the yard.
Two switchers work the east end of the yard in Willmar.