A trio of veteran EMDs lead the DILNTW manifest through Sartell eastbound to Minneapolis on the first weekend of spring. The prime movers were really screaming as they went by us.
Amtrak's Empire Builder is running nearly 6 hours late due to a derailment at Williston ND a couple of days earlier. In just a few miles, the crew will change at the St. Cloud depot.
The Empire Builder is running about 6 hours behind as it flies through central Minnesota behind a BNSF leader. I knew something wasn't right when I heard the whistle in the distance.
Running 10 hours behind schedule (it did leave Seattle 6 hours late), the Empire Builder is flying through the central Minnesota snow on a chilly Christmas Eve.
An eastbound zipper flies through a tunnel of steam created by the giant Verso Paper Mill, which sits on the shorts of the Mississippi River in downtown Sartell, MN.