A pair of GEs leads Belt Railway bound merchandise onto the east leg of the wye toward the Hillsboro line late in the day.
With another freight not far behind and two freights plus maintenance crews waiting ahead, the South Local rushes toward F.O. Switch to clear the main.
A manifest freight heading from Northtown Yard to Canadian National at Noyes, MN, passes across the drainage ditch at MP 97 behind a newly delivered GEVO and an older Dash 9 counterpart.
After backing out onto the Devils Lake line, Ardoch coal empties run around the west leg of the wye and toward Hillsboro behind an executive MAC doing just what an EMD should do and a GEVO that ha... (more)
The crew of this westbound empty has reached the west end of the Grand Forks subdivision and ties down the train to wait for a ride to the roundhouse.
Westbound Clay Boswell empties roll past the Grand Forks county office building and courthouse as they head for the passenger main and a crew change.
Two endangered species meet as the Smiley water tower watches over a pair of cascade green SD40-2s on a work train. If things work out, Smiley will live on after being repainted on the new water t... (more)
The Mill Job sorts a string of tankers at an industry near the North Dakota State Mill.
A short South Local heads out of Grand Forks after waiting for coal loads to enter the yard.
A long string of coal loads rolls northward across the bridge at MP 97 in the first light of the day.
After spending the night up north, a matched pair of bluebonnets eases the Drayton Local south toward the Grand Forks interlocking and the yard.
Two Dash 9s bounce over D.L. Switch and the jointed rail just west of town with the regular manifest from Minot, ND.
A short manifest rounds the east leg of the wye late in the day with two Dash 9s in command.
A recently delivered GEVO hauls an empty coal train westward around the curve towards the yard.
A classic BN consist of a GP39M and a GP50 tugs on a long South Local beginning the journey down the Hillsboro line.