CP's executive special rolls through the small hamlet of Sawyer behind an A-B-A set of F units.

Three Warbonnet's roam home rails with a hot UPS train bound for Northbay, CA.

The lone CP SD60M on the roster leads a heavy #470 through the fog and into Marquette.

ABA F9's depart Drake leading the Royal Canadian Pacific, meanwhile passing a mural on the elevator.

MRL's only SDP40 still on the roster rolls West on the ex-NP Homestake Pass with a short MOW train in tow.

After sucessfully conquering Bozeman Pass, three EMD's are down to a crawl with dynamics howling, leading a heavy 133 car "LM" on the drawbar. They'd soon come to a stop, release the air and have ... (more)

A stack/manifest rumbles through Iron Junction while a loaded Minorca train rolls by on the other mainline, steaming in the cold morning air.

Minntac empties pound the diamond at Ramshaw, heading for another load of taconite in the endless parade of trains on the old Missabe.

The MRF rolls into Keenan with an anniversary Dash 8 leading the charge South.

BNSF 9624 leads the TexMex through Forbes on a blustery morning, and also sports a creative BN nose logo that was added by a railfan crew member.

Three GE's flatten the near one percent grade leaving Minot, with a hotshot Z7 on the drawbars.

ex-Alstom SD40-3's bookend a DMVW GP40-2W on oil loads from the Bakken. DMVW's time on the Flaxton line is rumored to be short, as Canadian Pacific is reviewing their lease due to increased oil tr... (more)

It's Thursday afternoon and the local bar is packed, while I stay sober and watch an extra 292 rumble by on the mainline. Can't beat drinkin' beer and watching trains at the Grain Hopper!

Oil empties destined for Trenton, ND roar West over the impressive Gassman Coulee trestle moments before sunset.

Two relatively clean Evolution's lead hotshot #199 through the frozen marshlands on a stunning Winter afternoon.