Amtrak #8 makes its arrival at the Minot depot with a BN SD40-2 doing the honors in place of an ailing Amtrak locomotive.
An empty rip rap train crosses the impressive Gassman Coulee Trestle with a less-than-desired lead unit.
Merry Christmas! The City of Minot proudly displays their tree and nutcrackers every year on Main Street next to the vintage Soo Line depot. It's been my goal every year to get at least one... (more)
Christmas came early for me, and Santa got exactly what I wanted! With one of my two new camera bodies (Canon 6D, the other being a 7D) in hand, and a UP SD9043MAC trotting 5800 feet of grain empt... (more)
Home Free and Kira Isabella are mid-performance while the CP 2249 idles in the calm cold evening air during Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train stop in Minot.
CP and DME power at Minot, ND.
CP's train 293 passes the former Soo Line depot, and BNSF's yard office in downtown Minot.
Soo Line 4405 leads a NB freight through Minot on the Portal Sub.
A set of eastern visitors rests crewless in the old yard on the head end of an empty crude train.
It's a hot Friday afternoon as an eastbound BNSF crude oil train passes across the impressive bridge over the Gassman Coulee, nearing the crew change point at Minot.
An eastbound manifest clears as a westbound grain train rolls past the Minot old yard where crude oil trains are being staged.
Empty crude trains are staged at the old yard on a hot afternoon in Minot.
A late westbound Empire Builder has completed its stop in Minot and accelerates westward onto the Gassman Bridge for the run through the Bakken.
The Fall leaves are fading as 4 BNSF units lead westbound stacks across the Gasman Coulee bridge at Minot.
Two new SD70ACe's lead a Hayti, MO to Berthold, ND oil empty over the spectacular Gassman Coulee Trestle on a gorgeous but frigid Winter afternoon.
