After unloading at the Crystal Sugar stockpile in Ardoch, coal hoppers ease southward into Grand Forks with a single ACe on the point.
Grain empties heading somewhere north roll under the Interstate 29 overpass with a Heritage II Dash 9 on the rear.
The trees are showing the signs of fall as a duo of 75Is rolls eastward with the Northtown to Noyes manifest.
Coal loads bound for the Crystal Sugar stockpile at Ardoch roll northward out of Grand Forks with a thankfully rearward-facing ACe in tow.
It's my favorite type of shot of my favorite kind of locomotive in my favorite paint scheme - a duo of 60Ms leads a Dilworth bound manifest southward out of Grand Forks. The second unit is the gre... (more)
The westbound Empire Builder is running 15 minutes shy of three hours late this morning as it peeks out from behind the Merrifield grain elevator. The siding here has been severed from the ... (more)
CP 293 is one of numerous movements that are currently detouring over BNSF between Saint Paul, MN, and Minot, ND. Heavy rain has caused washouts and a derailment at Kensal, ND, forcing the reroute... (more)
Modern coal empties rush westward past Manitoba Junction. As the name implies, the line running north from here was once Northern Pacific's route to Winnipeg, MB. Today, it is just a spur to a shu... (more)
Eastbound coal loads are struggling to pull out of the Red River Valley as the DPU shoves hard on the rear.
As a westbound grain train wraps around the curve west of Manitoba Junction, who would think that the first two units would be SD60Ms, much less that the one-of-a-kind greenface would be on the po... (more)
BNSF 8300 and CP 8837 lead the Noyes to Dilworth manifest southward under the overpass and past the pond at Alton.
BNSF 8300 and CP 8837 accelerate the Noyes to Dilworth manifest southward through Buxton after being slowed by malfunctioning signals.
Right on the tail of Amtrak is the South Local with a rebuilt GP39M in the lead.
Traffic on busy Gateway Drive comes to a halt as two Dash 9s tug a grain train southward toward the Grand Forks yard.
The golden light of a new day illuminates the seven hour late eastbound Empire Builder as it speeds into Grand Forks.
