After restoring the switch at east Nashua, crude empties are flying into the sunset as they pass from Minnesota into North Dakota over the Bios de Sioux River.

Behind a pair of visiting NS ponies, crude empties sweep through the prairie and into the small town of Wendell.

As the moon brings light to the very early morning over Lake Ashtabula, a long westbound BNSF Railway intermodal bangs across a 100 year old trestle built by the Great Northern Railway in 1912. W... (more)

After setting out most of the train in Hoffman, a single Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern unit cruises west into Barrett with a short 391.

Behind a matched pair of CP beavers, 198 makes good time east for Glenwood after meeting one at Nashua and restoring west Hoffman.

Behind a classy leader, the daily H-GFDBRC has only 2,800 ft of train in tow as it heads east for Willmar.

A pair of GEs cruise through the western Minnesota prairie with a long string of grain empties in tow. Elevation on the prairie is rare, so sometimes you have to improvise.

Shortly after leaving Glenwood, 292 flies around a curve at track speed as it heads east to meet 199 at Murray.

With most of the little ponds still frozen over in eastern South Dakota, I was happily surprised to find this spot in Waubay. Three big Norfolk Southern motors, including the Pennsylvania heritage... (more)

With hopes dashed of getting the Pennsy heritage unit leading out of Aberdeen, I decided to still look for great spots along the Appleton Sub on my way back to Morris.

A brand new Citirail leaser heads through the S curves in Lincoln with a healthy train of double stacks from the west coast.

A very late (what else is new) Empire Builder is flying east for St Cloud trying to make up time lost overnight in North Dakota. The lone superliner ahead of the baggage car is heading to Chicago ... (more)

The Penn Central heritage unit is holding a long string of crude loads on top of the hill as some Amtrak heritage flies by with the eastbound Empire Builder.

After crossing over at MP 66, America's train flies down main one at Clear Lake past a dead loaded crude oil train on main two.

The spring thaw is in the air as the conductor of an eastbound rail train gives me a friendly wave near Alexandria. Always great to see something other than red leading a train on the Canadian Pa... (more)