BNSF's Northgate Local struggles out of Minot with a GP30 body leading the 94 car train.

An eastbound priority intermodal train quickly crosses the Luverne trestle as I try to figure out how many animals have already been in my spot this winter...

Red River Valley & Western #300 southbound near Jamestown, ND || September 1989

Crossing the Mighty Mo
Two Burlington Northern SD60Ms lead a coal train over the Missouri River Bridge at Bismarck, North Dakota, on the morning of June 29, 1994. This big bridge links ... (more)

A brand new SD70ACe leads a Casselton, ND to Longview, WA grain train over the Des Lacs Reservoir on a fine September morning.

Three GE's lead a heavy Laurel, MT to Dilworth, MN manifest over a small creek on a warm Summer afternoon.

A sparkling clean SD50F crosses a small creek just North of Baldwin.

An eastbound BN train works through a through truss bridge and by a pair of classic signals at Mandan, ND on July 6, 1980. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund and courtesy of the more)

Two GE's have a Fort Madison, IA-bound stack up to 70MPH, cruising down the undulating terrain of North Dakota, crossing a frozen Des Lacs Reservoir. The lake won't be frozen for long if we keep h... (more)

The days are numbered for the Soo Line paint on these SD60s, so it was a real treat to find a pair of them on the Elbow Lake Sub wayfreight crossing from Minnesota into North Dakota.

A few hours later, the GP duo has hit a scenery change.. They've dropped a few hundred feet in elevation and are now crossing the frozen Kittelson Slough between Lostwood and Powers Lake.

A fast moving westbound Z train flies over Lake Ashtabula on the large bridge just west of Luverne, ND.

Right on the tail of Amtrak is the South Local with a rebuilt GP39M in the lead.

Under ominous looking skies, a peeling AMTK 164 leads the seven hour late eastbound Empire Builder southward over the bridge halfway between Thompson and Reynolds.

A GE and an EMD lead a 124 car loaded coal train over a small creek near Glen Ullin on the ex-Northern Pacific.