This unit grain train loaded two days earlier at the nearby Wilds elevator was supposed to be gone by the morning of the previous day, but for some reason the BNSF had not yet gotten it out of Min... (more)

A trio of CATs prepares to head out of Breckenridge with a turn to Edgeley, ND, and back. Photo taken on railroad property with permission.

In the last rays of sunlight, a manifest heading from Northtown Yard to Noyes, MN, rolls northward into Grand Forks with a classic ex-BN GP50 in the lead.

Coal empties from the Ardoch, ND, Crystal Sugar stockpile roll out of Grand Forks behind a nice pair of SD60M-succeeding ACes.

One day after its exhibit on the NDSU spur in Fargo, Disney's A Christmas Carol Train Tour begins its journey out of town and heads eastward for its next exhibit in the Twin Cities.

A crowd gathers on the platform at the Grand Forks Amtrak station as SP 4449 receives service prior to making the run for Fargo, ND, where it will spend the night.

BNSF 2733 and 1541 lead the South Local out of Grand Forks on a great July morning.

A unit CN potash train rolls eastward out of East Grand Forks with a single Dash 9 in the lead.

The Mayville Local trundles eastward over D.L. Switch on its way back into Grand Forks.

Even the mighty SP 4449 can't avoid looking like a model train as it races south past the giant Alton grain facility on a mostly cloudy afternoon.

Slowing for its second stop of the day at Grand Forks, SP 4449 rolls over the small bridge at Milepost 1 just west of town.

Rushing eastward for its first official stop of the day at Devils Lake, 20 miles away, SP 4449 rounds a curve and passes underneath the Highway 281 overpass.

A resident of Knox, ND (pop. 59), waves at the crew of the 4449 as the majestic engine sails eastward, momentarily bringing the tiny northern plains town to life.

After starting her July 8th journey in Minot at 8 AM, SP 4449 makes her first official "stop" at the Amtrak station in Devils Lake, ND. A large crowd was there to greet her.

With her American flags whipping, SP 4449 slices eastward under the US Highway 2 overpasses east of Petersburg on her July 8th journey from Minot to Fargo, ND. Her next stop is Grand Forks for add... (more)