An eastbound unit grain train completes its transition from the Prosper to the KO Subdivision as the DPU rolls around the connector.

Due a fiery crude oil derailment at Heimdal, ND, on the KO Subdivision, BNSF freight traffic is being rerouted over the Hillsboro and Devils Lake subdivisions. This congestion has led to the westb... (more)

The first of several SD70ACe's I would catch on this afternoon, the 8435 rolls downgrade as a DPU on westbound coal empties at Lake Park. Puffy clouds like these always make for interesting shoot... (more)

Busy in Berthold. Two Eastbound loaded crude oil trains march through downtown Berthold as the Minot based Tioga Local races West into the setting sun. Thank goodness for double track!

The distant roar of a Westbound grain train clawing up the .65% grade out of the Souris River Valley fills the chilly Spring night sky; and the intermediate signal at MP 16.7 gives a proceed indic... (more)

Westbound entering the mainline at Manitoba Jct and heading back to Dilworth

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train curves through West Bison, Montana, on a sunny October 6, 1997.

Nearly a mile of auto-racks hustles West over BNSF's KO Subdivision on a splendid Winter afternoon, led by a former Conrail SD60.

A very foggy winter morning finds an SD70ACe hurrying east past the restored Northern Pacific depot in Wadena with a loaded coal train.

It just so happened that today's eastbound builder was the next train behind a 93 car manifest that derailed and blocked both main tracks in central Minnesota. With most of the passengers moved t... (more)

While it may be an overdone location, being 12 years old while taking this picture, Marias Pass was more awesome than I could have ever imagined. Having just completed the long, slow climb from th... (more)

A pair of GEs leads a stack train southeast toward Fargo over the jointed rails of the Prosper Sub, detouring due to a derailment west of Casselton on the KO Subdivision.

Hi-Line vista!

Minutes after Jeremiah Rindahl captured his stunning photo of Amtrak's detouring Empire Builder at this location, the sun is breaking the horizon and the fog is beginning to dissipate over Lake As... (more)

Detoured black diamonds slither out of the siding at Berthold moments before sunset. Coal trains are rather uncommon on the ex-Great Northern, but due to a tie gang and surfacing crews on the norm... (more)