A Southern Belle Graces the Northern Plains. Pure class. KCS 4114 fronts an odd mix of power as it storms south with a late BNSF H-GFDNTW. KCS has raised the bar when it comes to ... (more)

A mighty Oakway leads a sister SD60M and the Dilworth, MN - Grand Forks, ND manifest north over the drainage ditch at MP 97.

BNSF 4882 leads a short Dilworth - Grand Forks manifest down Track 5 after waiting for the Mayville Local to clear. The heavy construction equipment behind the locomotives will depart in a couple... (more)

The daily Noyes Local / Winnipeg Turn leads a long manifest over the yet-to-be-flooded Red River of the North (Fargo's at flood stage). If you like seeing Geeps leading long manifests, the Noyes L... (more)

As seen from the Columbia St. overpass, the Mayville Local pulls into Track 11 as the conductor and brakeman prepare to detach power. It's hard to see, but the M-DILGFD is visible under the I-29 o... (more)

The Noyes Local steams east with a clear warrant to Noyes JCT.

Coal empties fly south on the Hillsboro Sub after the M-DILGFD cleared its warrant. Won't be too much longer before corn is blocking this shot. On the upside though, perhaps that corn will be us... (more)

Today saw two M-DILGFD trains for some reason and here the first one works against a stiff 44 mph wind as it makes its way north toward Grand Forks. My guess is the Merrifield Station Sign was a ... (more)

A high priority Pasco, WA - Dilworth, MN re-route heads south late in the day with a CN-SOO-BNSF trio providing the power. In the first three years of railfanning the northern plains, I've only c... (more)

Lots of signs of the Burlington Northern on today's Mayville Local as it idles away at the south end of the Mayville Subdivision. This train will make its way back to Grand Forks tomorrow morning... (more)

The Mayville Local idles crewless next to one of the grain elevators along this subdivision's namesake town. First time I've caught this twice-weekly local in town after three years of trying!

BNSF 5995 brings up a double DPU on this loaded coal train waiting for a fresh crew in the Grand Forks yard. Not sure why they're running DPU here, especially with two AC units, but they are. At... (more)

A hot Z-train works its way downgrade around the curve in Hawley behind a trio of GE's showcasing BNSF's heritage.

After passing an eastbound Z-train (visible on Main 2), BNSF 8103 and its crazy number boards leads coal empties west onto the sweeping curve in Hawley, MN.

Foreign power day continues as a new Canadian National SD70M-2 along with a fellow CN unit and a Kansas City Southern GE leads the daily Northtown, MN - Grand Forks, ND manifest through downtown F... (more)