BNSF 4939 referred to themselves as a "rock train", but with a long string of BN gondolas, i wonder how something like this gets unloaded.
After arriving the night before, this train has been loaded with rock from the quarry at Waite Park, and is now ready to back out of the siding, get weighed, and proceed down the main (foreground)... (more)
Its rare enough to catch a train on this former BN line, but even more so to catch a pair of recently reactivated SD60M's. There are only a handful of 60M's that are back in service. The train i... (more)
A variety of power moves some cars around the yard in Thunder Bay during a brief break in the clouds.
CP 8711 leads a stack train past Marina Park as it begins its trip on the Nipigon Sub shortly after sunrise.
At one point, the CP 8814 was in pretty rough shape after being involved in a wreck. But now, its back in service, adding to the scenery of the already beautiful Sistonen's Corner just west of Th... (more)
Crossing the Nipigon Sub at Thunder Bay. (photo correction form sent)
Three geeps push on the first half of their train after completing their work at Benson. Eventually, they will couple to the second half of their train and continue down the Appleton Sub.
A matched set of warbonnets leads a stack train through Elk River on a gorgeous summer evening.
An H2 MAC with flashing ditch lights heads up a manifest through downtown Elk River. A NS standard cab GE helps out as well.
With its work done in Lowry, the wayfreight is on its way west to do some more work at various locations between here and Hankinson.
The pea soup has yet to lift as a westbound unit tank train accelerates westward after a meet at Hoffman.
Rounding a curve west of Belgrade after meeting an eastbound, and waiting for two more westbounds to gain ground ahead of them.
Two GE's have an easy last leg of the trip. They are the first out of Murray Siding, in front of two other westbounds. Also, they have the shortest of the three trains.
A set of SD40-2's head up the 499 just east of Brooten. They are the 3rd westbound of three train parade this evening.