One SD40-2 and two geeps on today's M-MINSUP arrive in the Cass Lake yard for a crew change and a meet with a eastbound coal train in Cass Lake, MN. It was bitter cold with wind chills in the -30... (more)

An interesting shot not seen everyday. Shot from the Irvine Avenue overpass in Bemidji which is just west of the Bemidji Depot, a headlight of the locomotive on these coal empties heading west ca... (more)

Heading east and helping make rail traffic sparse this BNSF Ford Maintenance rig looks as if it has seen many days on this railroad.

With the sun directly in their face the crew of this two locomotive consist and one car head east. Approximately 4 hours later I would catch this same consist with a slightly longer train (5 cars... (more)

Heading towards Richards Spur out of Detroit Lakes, MN, a pair of GEs' head west with a variety of cars.

Two geeps pass by the Northern Grain Company elevator, the train is heading west towards Dilworth yard.

CN in BNSF territory runs east and through the S Curves outside of Lake Park, MN. Temperatures were below zero with wind chills taking the temperature even lower.

Slow moving EMDs' bring their stack train through Lake Park, MN

An eastbound grain train runs towards Audubon, MN on a very cold and windy day in west-central MN.

Coal empties sit on two tracks, two yard tracks remain open in the Cass Lake Yard. Approximately 5 hours after I took this picture, a crew would take this train westward towards Grand Forks, ND.

A track warrant of "Proceed from MP 88 on the Grand Forks Sub to Station Sign Cass Lake" heard over the radio made this shot possible. Three EMD's cross over the channel between Lake Irvine and L... (more)

Rarely seen today this BN (not BNSF patched) locomotive is on the point of the Cass Lake local today. In just over six hours this train will head back west towards Grand Forks, ND. I met the cre... (more)

Cutting the HWY 371 crossing this train is waiting on one track for a crew to continue it on east to the plant.

Eastbound just outside of Lake Park, MN and negotiating the S curves.

Rounding the S Curves.