Three Warbonnet EMDs lead an empty coal train high above the Sheyenne River in Valley City as storm clouds begin forming in the sky.

One of the newest locomotives in Norfolk Southern's fleet is taking one of its first revenue runs far from home rails as it heads west into the sunset.

A couple of cascade green SD40-2s lead a stack train west through Verndale late in the day.

The "soup to nuts" manifest peeks out from one of the many curves on the northern end of the Hinckley Sub as it continues south to the Northtown Yard.

A coal train cuts through the boggy forest west of McGregor on its way east. Although much of the old jointed rail on the Brainerd Subdivision has been or will be replaced, the jointed rail in thi... (more)

The Brainerd Local has some non-cascade green power for a change and proceeds west over the bridge that the Northern Pacific built to cross the Mississippi River.

A triclops leads the way as an empty coal train rounds a curve just to the west of Baxter.

An empty coal train from Superior, WI cuts through the forest west of Baxter as it continues westward. Sibling BNSF 6108, an identical ES44AC, was a DPU on the rear of this train.

While on its way back home to the Dilworth (MN) yard, a 20-car Wadena Local stops in Perham to do some switching at the Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods plant located in town.

A westbound empty coal train is quickly approaching the station sign bearing the name of Josiah Perham, the first president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, whose transcon through west-central Mi... (more)

An empty coal train from Alma, WI passes by contrasting old and new grain elevators as it continues west through Audubon. I found it highly appropriate, in a town that gets its name from famed orn... (more)

A westbound Z-train is out of the work zone at Detroit Lakes and quickly gaining speed as it comes past the 230th avenue crossing west of town.

All three variants of the SD60 operated on BNSF rails are lined up elephant style and doing what they love: taking an empty coal train back to the mines. The third locomotive is the famed "Great P... (more)

Having tacked the 2 gondolas filled with scrap metal onto the end, the crew on this bandit-led wayfreight is up to 6 cars and on the move south.

The BNSF 4184 leads an autorack train through a serene setting west of Staples on a chilly April day.