Still looking good in it's Warbonnet paint, BNSF 125 leads a spartan sister unit and the new H-GFDNTW south on the Hillsboro Sub.

What an odd power duo for North Dakota: Santa Fe vets BNSF 125 (GP60M) and BNSF 8704 (GP60) lead the fourth run of the upgraded Grand Forks - Northtown manifest south past the grain silos in Alton... (more)

A little bit of Warbonnet adorns the second DPU on this Alto grain train as it pulls into the Grand Forks yard on a cold, but pleasant Saturday. Learn all about the area at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 5466
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 08, 2007

A clean Heritage I Dash 9 leads an Alton grain train over G.F. Switch and into the yard. This train was having DPU difficulties in Alton and had to negotiate a broken rail on its journey north, n... (more)

A straight-up GP38 splices a pair of NRE GP38-2 rebuilds as the Noyes Local runs east after departing a few hours late because of leaking air. Also called the Winnipeg Turn, the Noyes Local is an... (more)

In the -10°F air (not counting the wind chill), BNSF 4745 and BNSF 9262, a yet-to-be-renumbered SD60M, idle on the siding in Fisher with a short cut of hoppers.

Coal loads east behind three SD70MACs. Unfortunately, this scene is going to become more common as the MACs move into Glendive and displace the SD60Ms and the Oakways on northern plains coal. Th... (more)

A trio of MACs has this loaded coal train thundering east through Mallory on a bitterly cold morning.

Leaving North Dakota and heading over the Red River of the North into Minnesota, BNSF 8910 leads coal loads east on frigid, -10°F ambient, morning. More info at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD70MAC
Location: East Grand Forks, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 8910
Train ID: C-COBDKM
Photo Date: December 08, 2007

Mixed Emotions. Two hundred new SD70ACes are slotted for Alliance, NE throughout 2008 meaning an equal number of SD70MACs, currently assigned there, will be moved to Glendive, MT. ... (more)

Coal empties behind BNSF 8207 with the mismatched number boards takes the siding in Fisher for a meet with an eastbound from Grand Forks. What paint scheme looks better than ATSF Warbonnet on fre... (more)

Ah, yes, North Dakota in December...snowy white, bitter cold, and when the sun does come out, crystal blue skies. You could also say barren, featureless, and boring, but that's why it's nice to h... (more)

Coal empties westbound over the now-frozen Red River of the North. The Oakway will be left behind in the yard to power a later manifest, and after a crew change, BNSF 8258 and BNSF 8121, a newly ... (more)

BNSF 518 westbound leaving the yard heading for Alton to pick up a cut of empty fertilizer hoppers of the CSX variety. The footprints leading to the tracks are mine from where these units stopped... (more)

Fighting Sioux! (<-I guess I'll have to remove that in 3 years when UND loses their mascot, but until then...). A southbound unit grain train rolls under the University of North Dakota's Hamster... (more)