RCPE 3461 westbound at Lake Benton MN
Just got back from a boys weekend. Didn't have much planned other than camping, step foot in South Dakota (boys request), and maybe a few trains. We ended up around the Lake Benton area in southwest Minnesota for a couple days. I told the boys I didn't really have any intel on RCP&E so we'd probably be lucky to see anything and the 'what" would be unknown.
I heard this guy go east about 4am from the tent, but didn't know if they would come back or what. While bumming around chasing BNSF trains we heard him get a warrant from Tracy back to Aurora at 07:30. Even though it was an early morning westbound, the tracks around Lake Benton curve around enough I figured we could do something. As I figured this was the only train in daylight see seen, but hey we will TAKE IT any day! I was shocked to see 7 matching SD40's and a small 50 car train. Here the job takes it easy as they roll thru the valley out of Lake Benton on the Huron Sub. Wildfire smoke were doing a great job of creating soupy skies all weekend!
RCPE 3461 westbound at Lake Benton MN
Just got back from a boys weekend. Didn't have much planned other than camping, step foot in South Dakota (boys request), and maybe a few trains. We ended up around the Lake Benton area in southwest Minnesota for a couple days. I told the boys I didn't really have any intel on RCP&E so we'd probably be lucky to see anything and the 'what" would be unknown.
I heard this guy go east about 4am from the tent, but didn't know if they would come back or what. While bumming around chasing BNSF trains we heard him get a warrant from Tracy back to Aurora at 07:30. Even though it was an early morning westbound, the tracks around Lake Benton curve around enough I figured we could do something. As I figured this was the only train in daylight see seen, but hey we will TAKE IT any day! I was shocked to see 7 matching SD40's and a small 50 car train. Here the job takes it easy as they roll thru the valley out of Lake Benton on the Huron Sub. Wildfire smoke were doing a great job of creating soupy skies all weekend!