A nice triclops tugs the westbound M-SUPMIN slowly through the siding at Fisher to meet and deliver track speed restriction orders to some eastbound Clay Boswell coal loads, due to a communication... (more)

The engineer seems to be looking forward to going backward!

In the last rays of sunlight, SD70MAC 8801 leads Clay Boswell coal loads east along the welded rails of the Grand Forks Subdivision.

With one operating ditch light, BNSF 2100 leads the South Local back to the Grand Forks yard.

The Greenface SD60M is sandwiched by 1/13 of BNSF's fleet of SD75Is as Ardoch coal empties head for the mines. The train will likely be held up for a while at Miles City, MT, however, where track ... (more)

The trailing NS unit belches smoke as M-GFDNTW accelerates out of Grand Forks with the South Local close behind.

BNSF 1597 and EMDX 762 lead the South Local out of Grand Forks on the tail of the M-GFDNTW.

The Drayton Local passes through Calspur while a unit grain train sorts cars in the background.

The calf leads the cow as the P Line Local reaches today's turning point at Shelly. The 10 covered hoppers were spotted under the supervision of the elevator manager.

MNN's cow/calf set enters Nielsville with the calf in the lead. The train is hauling a string of empty hoppers with a single tanker on the end.

MNN 1383 and MNN 909 prepare to move the second half of the Warroad Local "push-pull" style out of the Crookston yard while other stored cars and locomotives rest in the background.

Two SD60Ms lead a dead SD75M, a dead SD75I, and Clay Boswell coal empties out of Grand Forks as the conductor gives me a friendly wave.

Light power accelerates out of Grand Forks on its way to Alton to pick up a unit grain train.

Right at sunset, high priority merchandise from Grand Forks to the Belt Railway of Chicago departs the yard and heads for the Hillsboro Subdivision.

Clay Boswell coal loads come around a curve and past the Minnesota Northern Railroad's yard at Crookston.