The city job rounds the curve through East Grand Forks on its way to American Crystal Sugar on the east side of town.
My dad, RP contributor Louis Becker, has just finished taking a shot on the right as BNSF 1029 and large font EMD 9066 accelerate past us in control of the M-GFDNTW.
Four GP38s, all in original Heritage I paint, lead a supersized Drayton Local consisting of mainly forwarded traffic from the Dakota Northern Railroad back into Grand Forks.
What appears at first glance to be a unit grain train is actually a manifest fresh off of the Devils Lake Subdivision on the 6th aniversary of 9/11.
How many covered hoppers do you see in this photo? I count seven, 4 of which are on the ground and 3 more placed on the roof of this now defunct dog food facility along the Sunflour Railroad's mai... (more)
A spanking new CSX GEVO and an NS counterpart glint nicely in the setting sun with their unit grain train.
Coming off of the Devils Lake Subdivision and onto the Grand Forks Subdivision, a Heritage II Dash 9 and a Heritage I counterpart haul a unit grain train eastward.
In a very rare scene, not one, not two, but three cascade green ex-BN geeps march eastward over G.F. Switch in control of the South Local. Usually this local is powered by one or two geeps of vari... (more)
The first W2 painted switcher seen in Grand Forks has returned and is seen here shoving the mill job westward under the Demers Avenue overpass. Thanks to whoever cut a hole in the fence at this sp... (more)
Rounding the curve around the east leg of the wye and passing across Demers Avenue, the South Local turns to now head east back into the Grand Forks yard.
As this eastbound Clay Boswell coal train rolled under the Interstate 29 overpass, the 42nd street crossing signals seemed to activate rather early. It then wasn't a surprise when, after the train... (more)
A single GP38 is in command of a mixed bag of rolling stock on the Mayville Local heading back for the Grand Forks yard.
Another common GP38 hauls the inbound Mayville Local east toward the Grand Forks yard.
Two typical geeps lead a ~20 car South Local past MP 97 on a nice, sunny morning.
The thrice weekly M-SUPMIN has power more suited for a coal train, two power-by-the-hour leasors, today as it rolls westward through East Grand Forks.
