In a quintessential scene along the BNSF/UP Joint Line, the tail end of loaded coal train snakes its way south toward Colorado Springs after having reached the peak along the line at Palmer Lake.

With the ICE's "City of Jackson" and "City of Minneapolis" as power, DME's Crawford (Nebraska) Turn idles away on the main south of Hermosa waiting for a crew to hop aboard and bring it about 20 m... (more)

An empty grain train going to Emery, SD for reloading passes by an abandoned, "dancing," farmhouse on the outskirts of Bowman on former Milwaukee Road trackage.

An empty grain train continues east through the desolate countryside along the former Milwaukee Road mainline to the Pacific Northwest in southwestern North Dakota.

The rear end of an empty coal train from Big Stone City, SD cruises past a rural crossing to the east of Marmarth. Once a bustling city of over 1,000 due to being a division point on the Milwaukee... (more)

Coal empties from Otter Tail Power's plant near Big Stone City, SD cruise west on what was once the Milwaukee Road's mainline to the Pacific Northwest. Much has changed along these tracks since th... (more)

Near the dying town of Judson, a loaded coal train bound for Superior, Wisconsin negotiates the first of many S-curves it will see on its way to Mandan, about 20 miles to the east.

An empty coal train cruises through the Ladoga siding preparing to meet a loaded coal train going to the same place this train came from: Superior, Wisconsin.

An empty coal train comes around the curve west of Cleveland and passes through one of the numerous lakes associated with the "prairie pothole" region of central North Dakota. This is just one exa... (more)

An empty coal train from Superior, Wisconsin transitions off double track and onto single track at Eldridge. The double track begins about 13 miles to the east in Bloom and is the last piece of do... (more)

The BNSF's H-NTWLAU begins going across the long bridge the Northern Pacific built across the Sheyenne River in Valley City as the tail end of the CP's 498 passes underneath on that railroad's Car... (more)

The CP 498 negotiates the wall of the Sheyenne River Valley as it passes around Valley City. This train spent about 45 minutes in Valley City after losing its air due to a broken hose.

Though you need to squint to see the entire Jamestown Local spread out on the famed bridge the Northern Pacific built across the Sheyenne River in Valley City, it should be pretty apparent how imp... (more)

The rear end of a loaded grain train continues west through the gently rolling countryside of east-central North Dakota.

A loaded grain train passes by an isolated mailbox as it continues west along the busy, but yet also very lonely, ex-GN Hi-Line in North Dakota.