Mike Vandenberg's photostream  

This old EMD can still fly! Matched up with a sister SD60, the Soo Line heads west with the Glenwood to Enderlin wayfreight on a sunny Saturday morning.

The tail end of this monster double stack train from Canada is still coming through the outskirts of Hoffman as the head end passes over the big trestle east of town. The snow-less landscape really is gloomy this winter, but these containers brightened up the valley today.

Knowing that this Bald Eagle is one of the largest birds in Minnesota, you can really see how large this nest actually is. This lone eagle was keeping watch over a frozen pond and the river valley just east of Hoffman.

A short wayfreight out of Glenwood heads west across the old Hoffman trestle. This bridge still has a very faded Soo Line word-mark right in the center.

With a pair of GEVOs up front and one shoving on the rear, this monster stack train from British Columbia sweeps around the big curve east of Barrett. They will cool down a bit at Hoffman waiting for the wayfreight to depart Glenwood.