A rather short merchandise train travels west through the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota. Note that you can see the entire train in this picture.

A seven car Drayton local passes over its final crossing before entering the Grand Forks yard

The "soup to nuts" manifest peeks out from one of the many curves on the northern end of the Hinckley Sub as it continues south to the Northtown Yard.

The Brainerd Local pulls into the yard to pick up more cars

A couple regulars on Superior, WI bound coal trains take this train past the County Road 111 crossing to the east of Deerwood.

A general merchandise train with a somewhat rare (for Minnesota) Norfolk Southern engine in its consist passes by the outskirts of Bluffton

A large water puddle created by melting snow nicely reflects the locomotives on this westbound empty coal train

DGNO 3800 leads a train on UP track past Dallas's Union Station

A priority intermodal train comes up to the mile 8.4 signals on its way west from Swift Current.

Just as the sun is about to set for the day, an empty coal train, sparkling clean following earlier rain storms in the area, rounds the curve to the west of Dickinson.

After taking the siding in town to meet a grain train, a stack train continues southeast with Hannaford at its back. Note the snow still sticking around in the trench despite a few days with tempe... (more)

A colorful double-stack train nears Philbrook as it continues southeast through central Minnesota.

Pillager's existence as a station dangles in the wind as a Superior, WI bound coal train passes through

An eastbound loaded coal train passes the New York Mills sign at the eastern edge of the town

An empty coal train from Superior, WI cuts through the forest west of Baxter as it continues westward. Sibling BNSF 6108, an identical ES44AC, was a DPU on the rear of this train.