2816 rolls toward Minot
Two classics meet north of Minot.
An evening CPKC grain train glides westward through the Mouse River Valley along the Portal Subdivision. Most locomotives are ex-CP still, but some KCS locomotives have shown up as mid-train DPUs... (more)
Two CEFX AC's hustle a 7200 foot #198 back up to 49MPH track speed after meeting #293 at Foxholm.
Blue Bombers hold back of West Siding Switch Foxholm with a 7200 foot train 198 in tow.
After a twenty mile trip long hood forward, CP 8867 has teamed up with two Beavers on a lengthy ballast and rip-rap train and head East towards a washout due to the recent flooding of the Souris R... (more)
A lone GEVO trundles along long hood forward through the green rolling hillsides of North Dakota, about to cross a rural crossing. The lone unit, the CP 8867, was running from Burlington, ND to Ca... (more)
A Canadien Pacific southbound pulls through the siding in Foxholm.
First derailment I ever saw was Soo Line 944 piling up 27-cars due to a broken rail. Soo track inspector Irv Nissen was ordered off tracks to let train 944 pass. Train found broken rail - ouch!