A three car Devils Lake local trots westward over the Freshwater Coulee behind an ex-Frisco geep on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon.
CN 8018 and BNSF 5450 lead a long auto train westward around Cleary's curve east of Hawley. The train would end up taking the Prosper Subdivision and likely would only be making it as far as Nolan... (more)
Coal empties round the curve heading westward from Manitoba Junction. The maintenance of way equipment visible in the background is on the spur from the junction to Ulen, MN, which once was Northe... (more)
The Northtown to Noyes manifest strolls up to the Highway 2 crossing behind the previously seen consist as the conductor prepares to copy a warrant on the Noyes line.
After a locomotive failure near Shelby, MT, on the westbound trip, the Empire Builder was forced to once again add a freight engine, which ended up staying on for the eastbound trip. The tr... (more)
Blue and yellow is back in the lead as a Santa Fe GP50 leads the South Local through Merrifield.
A 4-pack of GEs led by a brand new C4 races an intermodal train westward across the northern plains.
A scratched up Dash 9 leads a manifest freight westward toward the evening sun.
New and old SD70s lead coal empties westward through downtown Moorhead. Thanks to live view and a tilting screen on the T3i, I was able to take the shot over the fence rather than try to jam the l... (more)
A rock train snakes its way over the Red River and past the Fargo Amtrak station behind a 70Mac and a Dash 9.
A recently delivered CSX Gevo and a cruddy warbonnet roll westward from Fargo with empty oil cans for the Bakken.
A manifest freight heading to Noyes, MN, is slowing on approach to the junction on the north side of Crookston, where it will head northward to the Canadian border for its final stop.
One of the rattiest consists I've seen in a while hauls a long Grand Forks - Northtown manifest southward at Merrifield.
It's a hot, hazy August afternoon as a Heritage I Dash 9 leads a loaded unit grain train southward out of Merrifield.
A nice mix of GE power leads a manifest onto the east leg of the wye toward Dilworth.