A classic Triclops and a sister Oakway lead the Superior, WI - Minot, ND manifest west over the Red River of the North and into North Dakota. This duo's been working between Minot and Superior fo... (more)

BNSF 789 arrives at the Alton Grain Terminal, LLC after a jaunt south and meets with a re-routed H-DILPAS in Buxton and the South Local at Redco.

After picking up a new crew at DL Switch, this Alton-bound grain empty comes around the west leg of the wye past the Amtrak Station and onto the Hillsboro Sub for a 39 mile trip south to its desti... (more)

A surprisingly well-preserved BNSFbonnet slows this empty Vancouver, WA - Alton, ND grain train east approaching station sign Powell. Once stopped, the crew manually raised the crossing gates blo... (more)

A nice green duo led by BNSF 2176 haul a relatively long South Local off the east leg of the wye to the Hillsboro Sub and east toward the yard on a pleasant afternoon. Learn more at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP38AC
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 2176
Train ID: L-TWI8061
Photo Date: September 09, 2008

A short Drayton Local with but six cars works its way south toward the yard in Grand Forks behind a matched pair of H1 Geeps.

Eastbound trio of Geeps led by the BN-heralded BNSF 2968 pulls the Noyes Local by a crewless G-MAYSUP at the east siding switch in Fisher.

The Noyes Local rounds the bend eastward as it leaves East Grand Forks behind. Love seeing that 4-axle power leading long manifests!

Classic EMD Warbonnet coal power leads a couple of new comers on this northbound MERC coal re-route as it crosses over the drainage ditch at MP 97 on a pleasant summer evening.

A pair of SD40-2s leads a late Grand Forks - Northtown manifest south through Thompson on the heels of coal empties. BNSF 6862 is a rare snoot-nose SD40-2, but the telemash effect masks that uniq... (more)

After running power around the train in the yard (which put the nice power out front!), Ardoch coal empties with its shiny SUGX hoppers depart for a run south to Hillsboro for a meet before contin... (more)

The crew of the Drayton Shuttle kicks back while waiting their turn into the yard after the arrival of the M-NTWGFD and the departure of the E-GFASCM and the H-GFDNTW.

A late Noyes Local steams east through the prairie land of western Minnesota under picture-perfect skies behind its usual lashup of classic Geep power.

A mix of old and new AC-powered units haul this empty MERC train west into Fisher on a gorgeous afternoon.

Coal empties northbound enter Palmer Lake on a cool but pleasant June morning. These two DPUs along with 2 mid-train units along with the two up front have no problem handling the grade as they n... (more)