A loaded coal train passes by Patterson Lake, a reservoir created when a dam was placed in the nearby Heart River.

On account of the Mandan yard being too full after a derailment at McKenzie blocked the main, this coal train was parked on the siding at Lyons, about 8 miles west of Mandan

A brand new SD70ACe leads a coal train east through the wheat fields of western North Dakota

A weary veteran of the BN (and the CB&Q before 1970), the 6152 now works at the AGP grain facility in Berea

Due to a derailment 15 miles up the line at McKenzie, this empty coal train was parked in the siding at Driscoll until the main could be reopened

Due to a derailment 65 miles up the line at McKenzie, this empty coal train was forced to stop on the main at Windsor and await further instructions from the dispatcher

A couple of SD9s rest in the scorching sun on a Sunday at the AGP grain facility in Berea

A 110-car loaded unit soybean train from Breckenridge, MN to Seattle, WA derailed 20 cars today just west of McKenzie, closing the heavily used Jamestown sub. The cause of this derailment was foun... (more)

Two ex-BN SD60Ms lead 6 other EMD locomotives over the Gull River east of Pillager

An ex-BN "triclops" leads a coal train east over the Mississippi River bridge at MP 119.1

In the last rays of sunlight, three EMDs head west elephant style with an empty coal train. The lead locomotive is one of a few ex-BN SD60Ms painted orange and the second locomotive is one of a fe... (more)

A DPU at the end of an eastbound unit grain train continues its journey east by looking into the sun near Aldrich.

A long manifest train heads west through Verndale. Note the unusual set of power: a new ES44DC, a yard switcher, and an NREX (ex-ATSF,BNSF) SD45. The train was having a hard time making track spee... (more)

A coal train bound for Superior, WI makes its way around the curve in Brainerd

The Brainerd Local takes a run down First Avenue NE on its way to the city's paper mill