A rather rare breed of GE (on the BNSF) brings a Z-train west through a barren countryside standing ready for winter and snow to arrive.

Two EMD SD75M's lead a fully loaded coal train toward Superior, WI

Two Norfolk Southern locomotives lead a manifest eastbound just south of eerily quiet and dying town of Erie.

A faded pumpkin (BNSF 9958) leads an empty coal train past the skyscraper of Perham - the Tuffy's pet food factory

The GP10 belonging the North Central Grain Coop's 130-car shuttle grain train loading facility in Bisbee rests in the sun on a pleasant fall day in northern North Dakota.

A westbound intermodal train has canola fields and the "skyline" of Sintaluta alongside it as it passes through the Saskatchewan countryside.

BNSF 865, kicking up a good deal of freshly fallen snow, is coming up to a crossing in Verndale

The H-DENBEL, with three GE locomotives in the same paint job belching out a bit of black smoke, crosses over a small creek just to the north of Cactus.

Just before reaching the Mandan yard to change crews, the BNSF 8899 crosses the Missouri River, next to which many trees have begun to change colors

The second, final, coal train for the day to the Leland Olds Power Plant near Stanton is empty and heading through Beulah on its way west back to the mine.

A triclops leads the way as an empty coal train rounds a curve just to the west of Baxter.

An ex-BN "triclops" leads a coal train east over the Mississippi River bridge at MP 119.1

An empty coal train with new CP hoppers passes through Buxton. In a few seconds, this train will meet up with a merchandise train on its way north to Grand Forks

An empty coal train from Alma, WI passes by contrasting old and new grain elevators as it continues west through Audubon. I found it highly appropriate, in a town that gets its name from famed orn... (more)

Two dash 9 and one dash 8, all in different paint schemes, lead a eastbound grain train along the Yellowstone River near Terry. The train is about 9 miles away from the switch that will take it of... (more)