After plowing through some snowdrifts on the Mayville Subdivision, BNSF 2100 returns home to Grand Forks.

The Northtown to Grand Forks manifest train comes "home" under snowy conditions and with an unusual consist: an ex-Santa Fe SD75M, an ex-BN SW1000, and a Ferromex SD40-2. The pigeons were sitting ... (more)

Under white-out conditions, the first Drayton Local of March eases down track 2 in the yard.

BNSF 3000 leads today's Mill Job back to the Grand Forks yard.

Soon to be the DPU when it runs west on the Devil's Lake Sub after pulling into the yard (see the FRED above the pilot?), BNSF 4445 leads the Drayton Shuttle south on the Glasston Sub and by a rar... (more)

The Drayton Local is about a half mile away from ending its day as it approaches the yard in Grand Forks. Hopefully one of these times I'll catch BNSF 2006 up front instead of second out!

Westbound leaving the yard, BNSF 4190 is in charge of this grain train which just cleared off the Glasston Sub several minutes prior.

Grungy BNSF 2218 leads the Drayton Local back into the Grand Forks yard.

Two SD60Ms, one tri-window and one dual-window, along with an EMD SD60, lead Clay Boswell coal loads onto the Passenger Main in Grand Forks.

3% of the Oakway fleet lead empty coal out of the yard in Grand Forks for a run down the Hillsboro Sub on this pleasant Sunday afternoon. EMDX 9047 must be the Mr. T version with its gold nose ch... (more)

BNSF's Drayton Local comes under UND's "Hamster Tube" just before re-entering the Grand Forks yard.

Running several hours late, the daily Grand Forks to Northtown Yard, MN, manifest heads out of town on the Hillsboro Subdivision, led by 2 SD40-2s sandwiching a yard switcher in transfer.

Coal empties from Crystal Sugar's coal stockpile in Ardoch take the "passenger main" in Grand Forks' yard and cruise past the University of North Dakota's water tower and heating plant. With a tem... (more)

An 8-car Mayville Local has just entered track 22 at the west end of the Grand Forks yard and will be proceeding to the former roundhouse, where the locomotives will be detached and stored for ano... (more)

BNSF 8246's engineer braves the ambient -10°F air as he walks back to the cab after doing a quick inspection on one of his units. The steam in the background is from the UND power plant which ju... (more)