This classic BN GP50 is right where it should be and partnered up with exactly what it should be - racing across the fields of eastern North Dakota with another cascade green counterpart in tow.
Ominous clouds that would eventually bring the region's first snow flurries move in as a train I previously caught in Fisher, MN, makes a reappearance, but this time with the DPU facing into the l... (more)
The sun is just peaking over the horizon as the South Local hustles past the Merrifield grain elevator.
A duo of east-coasters and a Heritage I Dash 9 lead a long manifest slowly southward out of Grand Forks.
A nice Heritage I Dash 9 accelerates into the sunrise with the Northtown to Noyes manifest.
A duo of foreign power leads the Noyes to Dilworth manifest around the curve through East Grand Forks.
A pair of 70MACs hauls a Noyes to Dilworth manifest slowly past the American Crystal Sugar plant in East Grand Forks.
After a brief stop at Powell, the Mayville Local trundles up to D.L. Switch to head into the yard. The trailing unit was apparently suffering from mechanical problems and was dead in tow.
Right behind the City Job is the Mill Job, pulling up to the Neche Switch to head up the spur to the mill.
Due to a derailment of two covered hoppers at the east end of the yard, the City and Mill Jobs had to back out of the west end of the yard and run the passenger main around it. Here, the City Job ... (more)
It's definitely looking (and feeling) like winter as a whiteface BN geep accelerates out of town at sunrise.
A colorful grain train rolls around the east leg of the wye and into Grand Forks.
A consist that would look quite fitting in the mid-90s creeps into Fisher while a westbound manifest takes the siding.
A cold autumn sunrise greets a bluebonnet GP50 as it strolls southward with a short South Local.
After waiting at the highway crossing for the dispatcher to issue signals, a brand new GEVO guides an eastbound freight over the rise and into the Glenwood yard.
