A DMVW train completes an air test on their train interchanged from the CPR before departing west.

A freshly loaded shuttle train from the New Century Ag Noonan facility rolls eastward toward the CPR connection at Flaxton ND.

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” slogs past the grain elevators at Underwood, North Dakota, on August 31, 2018. Powering the train is DMVW SD50F Nos. 5439 and 5408 paired wit... (more)

A Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western coal train climbs up the horseshoe curve through Lost Lake National Wildlife Refuge just south (east) of Merida, North Dakota, on August 28, 2018. DMVW SD50F No... (more)

On August 29, 2018, a Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western “corn train” rolls southbound at Merida, North Dakota, over the DMV&W’s Missouri Valley Subdivision. The unit train is powered by a pa... (more)

Slinking through the curves in the desolate Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, is a westbound BNSF coal train on the afternoon of June 19, 2015.

An oil train on the BNSF Moorehead Sub approaches Wahpeton ND/Breckenridge MN where it will use trackage rights over the Red River Valley & Western RR until entering the BNSF Morris Sub at CP 212 ... (more)

Scaring up the birds, a Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western corn train passes milepost 379 rolling through the wetlands a mile east of Braddock, North Dakota, on August 30, 2018. The train is powere... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train swings through the curves at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 26, 2018. Running as rear DPUs are BNSF EMD SD70ACe No. 9369 and CREX GE ES44AC No. 1331.

Led by a pair of EMD SD70ACes, a westbound BNSF coal train passes the west switch of Sully Springs siding in the Badlands of North Dakota, on August 26, 2018.

Heading southbound on the Missouri Valley Subdivision, Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” crosses the bridge over Turtle Creek between Washburn and Merida, North Dakota, on Aug... (more)

The southbound Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western “wayfreight” passes the Peavey grain elevator at Coleharbor, North Dakota, on August 31, 2018. Powering the train is DMVW SD50F Nos. 5439 and 5... (more)

A southbound Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western corn train crosses a small bridge over Burnt Creek as it approaches Baldwin, North Dakota, on August 29, 2018. The train is powered by EMD SD60F Nos.... (more)

On a beautiful afternoon in North Dakota on August 30, 2018, Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” crosses a tranquil Charlie’s Lake north of the town of Garrison. Powering the ... (more)

Crossing a curved fill over one of the many “pothole” lakes in the region is an eastbound Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western corn train between Wishek and Lehr, North Dakota, on the afternoon o... (more)