A eastbound BNSF oil load passes over the big trestle at Luverne,ND on a cloudy summer day. Photo taken on 8/1/12.
BNSF's Grace City Local rolls West with a short train over the spectacular trestle in Luverne.
Oil empties roll West to Trenton, ND for another load of Bakken crude, with lost coal power doing the dirty work.
Bakken crude oil loads for the CSX and ultimately St John in New Brunswick (Canada!) cross the spectacular Great Northern creation over Lake Ashtabula.
A westbound grain train rumbles over Lake Ashtabula on the large bridge built by the Great Northern 100 years ago.
Unbelievably, the wind stayed calm (especially by North Dakota standards) all day, providing great reflections of BNSF's former Great Northern bridge at Luverne and the clouds that lazily made the... (more)
An eastbound Z train flies high over the Sheyenne River valley at Luverne on a perfect late spring morning.
An eastbound priority intermodal train cruises across the bridge at Luverne. The entire train can be seen stretching into the distance, showing just how unique this location is. One minute the tra... (more)
Four GEs lead a westbound intermodal train across the Luverne bridge as the wind turbines in the area spin away.
Some wildflowers look on as a westbound stack train steps onto the bridge over Lake Ashtabula at Luverne.
Fog hangs in the valley as a DPU pushes a tank train across BNSF's large bridge.
A westbound Z train flies over Lake Ashtabula as a small tree provides some nice shade for napping between trains.
The fog that greeted us when we arrived is gone, but Lake Ashtabula is smooth as glass as an eastbound charges across the bridge.
Every once in a while you happen upon a spot that makes you smile for a long, long time...this was that spot for today. Underwater boulders can be seen in the foreground and the entire Luverne tr... (more)
An eastbound priority intermodal train casts a nice reflection on Lake Ashtabula on an absolutely perfect morning in Luverne, ND.