Having tacked the 2 gondolas filled with scrap metal onto the end, the crew on this bandit-led wayfreight is up to 6 cars and on the move south.

A hot Z-train continues southeast across an empty field as the setting sun bathes it in a fiery hue.

Running about 10 hours late, The eastbound Empire Builder makes a rare afternoon appearance in Little Falls. I'd imagine that if on-board commentary were being given on the train, it would ... (more)

The H-DILLIN is overshadowed by the ADM elevators in Sioux City as it sits south of the BNSF yard waiting for a crew to bring it into Lincoln.

Was this picture of an eastbound coal train taken in Burleigh or Menoken? It's Burleigh if you ask the railroad, but Menoken if you ask local residents or consult a road map. The dual names have e... (more)

With a 9-unit consist that should appeal to any EMD fan, a westbound empty coal train from Superior, WI heads through western Minnesota. Models represented here include 2 SD60Ms, 2 SD60s, 2 SD40-2... (more)

EMD 9070 and sibling take a loaded coal train over the frozen Partridge River in Aldrich.

Far from home rails, a marvelously colorful KCS "southern belle" is in the lead of a shuttle grain train on one of BNSF's branch lines in North Dakota.

An empty coal train from Cohasset, Minnesota passes by downtown Buxton, where the only vehicles to be seen on this cold, but sunny, Valentine's Day are parked in front of the bar and café.

A special RRVW snow plow train glides past the grain elevators in Dwight, along the Great Northern’s former main line between Wahpeton and Casselton, North Dakota. The plow won’t be put to use... (more)

As this 103-car eastbound coal train near McKenzie illustrates, one advantage of a flat, relatively treeless landscape like the one found near the McKenzie Slough is the opportunity to get unobstr... (more)

In a quintessential scene along the BNSF/UP Joint Line, the tail end of loaded coal train snakes its way south toward Colorado Springs after having reached the peak along the line at Palmer Lake.

An H-train moves across the bridge in Little Falls that marks the point at which BNSF's northern transcon crosses the Mississippi River.

An 8-car Mayville Local has just entered track 22 at the west end of the Grand Forks yard and will be proceeding to the former roundhouse, where the locomotives will be detached and stored for ano... (more)

An empty grain train bound for Berea, North Dakota has two new ES44DC locomotives up front as it passes over a bridge amid the gently rolling hills near Springbrook, North Dakota.