After enduring a long afternoon of waiting, the railroad had finally come to life in the evening hours, giving me some good shots of the bridge at Luverne. The only thing keeping me standing amon... (more)

With the sun set, the wind died down, and Lake Ashtabula provided a nice reflection for one more westbound on the Luverne bridge.

The sun finally sank below the hillside on a long summer day, providing a nice silhouette of a tree and another eastbound oil train on the bridge at Luverne.

The sun finally crept over to the north side of the Luverne bridge as it neared the horizon. With a small window of opportunity before the bridge would be in shadow, my hopes sank as an eastbound... (more)

The Deadliest Catch guys sometime say "stick and stay and make it pay." That's what I did on Monday at Luverne. After waiting in the sun with seemingly every insect on the hillside trying to eat... (more)

Eastbound oil loads soar across Lake Ashtabula on the BNSF's ex-Great Northern Surrey Cutoff between Minot and Fargo.

Two SD70ACe's lead coal loads for Alma, WI across the Sheyenne River valley at Valley City on a warm summer morning.

A westbound empty coal train with a SD70MAC DPU rumbles across the Hi-Line bridge above Valley City not long after sunrise.

As the sun sets on another hazy summer evening, an eastbound oil train cruises across Minnesota between Brooten and Belgrade.

As a beautiful summer evening draws to a close, an eastbound unit crude oil train blasts by on BNSF's former Northern Pacific mainline across central Minnesota.

A westbound Z train with 5 units on the point hustles into the small town of Verndale, Minnesota as many of the fans gathered for the annual "VerndaleRail" event look on.

An aerial view of a westbound CP train rounding the sweeping curve just east of Barrett, MN on an absolutely perfect summer evening.

A former SP GP9, seemingly well kept by the Portland & Western, rests for the weekend in Eugene.

A break in the weather at Grove City allows some sweet evening light to fall on a trio of Ferromex units hauling a unit ore train west toward Willmar, MN on the BNSF.

As the sun sets on National Train Day 2013, Canadian Pacific's Vancouver to Chicago hotshot rolls through Belgrade, Minnesota, passing a maintenance of way caboose stored on the adjacent siding.