CP's train 293 passes the former Soo Line depot, and BNSF's yard office in downtown Minot.

Detoured black diamonds slither out of the siding at Berthold moments before sunset. Coal trains are rather uncommon on the ex-Great Northern, but due to a tie gang and surfacing crews on the norm... (more)

After having the Eastbound Empire Builder whizz by at 79MPH, the BNSF 7213 and company hold back 13,862 tons of fresh Bakken crude oil on a late Summer evening.

Lost Heritage! NS 8101, the Central of Georgia, races West across the Des Lacs Reservoir and past Ames Construction workers that are feverishly working to construct a second bridge, which ... (more)

Empty oil cans hustle across the North Dakota prairie with two Canucks leading the charge.

Trackside property? Two of BNSF's finest GE's hustle nearly 7,000 feet of Seattle, WA bound double-stacks through the booming community of Bremen on BNSF's KO Subdivision.

With 129 cars on the drawbars including a 100-car grain shuttle for the Garrison elevator, three veteran EMD's trot across the rather large alkaline pond known to locals as "Charlie's Lake&qu... (more)

DMVW's daily wayfreight drifts South at 10MPH, with 129 cars in tow - nearing Garrison where they will set-out the rear 100 cars for the local elevator. Grain season keeps the small shortline busy... (more)

Heat escapes from the dynamic grids at a rapid pace as two GE's hold back a heavy detoured stack train down the stiff grade into Helena at sunset. While splitting the NP searchlights at the contro... (more)

The engineer of the BNSF 7634 West keeps the hammer down West of Big Timber on MRL's 2nd Subdivision with a detouring stack train in tow. Intermodal can be found on the MRL at times, typically due... (more)

One of MRL's unique cupola cabeese hangs onto the rear of a Jimbo Local that is working East over the 10th Sub picking up old ties.

Life on the MRL... Ever since BNSF leased the MRL SD45's, the crews have had a dislike for them. It is the warmest time of the year in Montana, and the 'ol SD45's don't have air conditionin... (more)

Spent diesel fuel fills the sky as 92 cylinders of EMD 645's battle hard up the 1.0% grade past the NP-era searchlights protecting the control point at West Louisville. The crawl will end in a lit... (more)

Vintage EMD's.The bark of two naturally aspirated 567's fill the calm mountain air on a sensational May morning. The lead GP9, the MRL 120, was built in 1957 for the Northern Pacific, has p... (more)

Helena-based helpers have cut-off from the headend and are out of view... Leaving two badass SD45's, the leader being of Great Northern heritage, on the point of a high priority rail train bound f... (more)