A St. Paul-Tacoma stack train negotiates the sag west of Verndale, MN.

A vehicle train in disguise heads towards Frazee behind a pair of Dash 9s.

A pair of BNSF EMDs lead a Spring Creek Mine - Superior coal train over the CPR Diamond at Detroit Lakes, MN.

A ballast train flies into the setting sun on the CTC portion of the Staples Sub, through Audubon.

Export Intermodal service from Saint Paul, MN - Tacoma, WA with an assortment of shipping lines takes the sag east of town.

Its the 4th of July, and BNSF has spent the past three days opening the tracks through Minot after the flooding Souris River put half the city under water... The first 'revenue' train rolls West w... (more)

RJ Corman and dozens of BNSF employees spent their Fourth of July finishing up work on the flooded tracks through downtown Minot. After posting on their computers the tracks would be open at 20:00... (more)

GN 325 leads an eastbound that I would assume is the Empire Builder near Inverness, MT. Scanned from an Ektachrome transparency that is part of my collection but was not shot by me. No photographe... (more)

Eastbound crosses the Gassman Coulee bridge on the BNSF HiLine main on the western outskirts of the City of Minot ND

The eastbound Empire Builder rolls into the siding. In about 30 seconds it will pass the westbound Empire Builder<... (more)

With a thin layer of clouds filtering the last light of the day, ethanol empties head west to be loaded for another trip east. This is one of my favorite spots at this time of year and this unit t... (more)

An eastbound Intermodal passes an elevator on the HiLine in western North Dakota. Drilling Rigs dot the hillside above the valley.

On New Year's Day 2011, weather forced Amtrak to turn the westbound Empire Builder (#7) around near Fargo. To get the train back to Chicago, it was coupled onto the rear of #8. Here the combined t... (more)

After more than an hour's wait, Amtrak 15 leads the eastbound Empire Builder over the big bridge just west of Cut Bank MT. Worth the wait, I would say!

Leaving Marias Pass, and the Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park behind, BNSF 7923 pulls up to a stop at the east end of the Browning, MT siding, for a meet with 2 westbound trains. condition... (more)