Another railroad to add to the notch on the belt: SOO (finally). The daily CP Transfer is backing 44 cars east toward the interchange with BNSF.

NPR 3502 slowly making the right hand sweep to head east after leaving Fordville.

A blank-face MAC leads coal south through Larkspur. I like the Exec MACs, but they just don't look right without the 'BN' nose herald...

BNSF 9216 leads the thrice-weekly M-SUPMIN through the Spring colors in Fisher on a pleasant Sunday evening.

Lots of stuff in this shot: an old B&O CPL, the end of the Avis block, the beginning of the Casey block, the O'Fallon-painted water tank, and oh yeah, Q204-30 westbound!

Eastbound Z-train rounding the bend in Lake Park, relegated to running Main 1 between Hawley and Richards Spur due to MoW work in the area.

An ex-BN workhorse on the point of eastbound stacks. In the background, you can see the tail end of the train!

The morning H-train pulls south through Thompson with a rare (1 of only 10 on the roster) GP28P on the point. Looks like it might be in need of a tune up as it's putting out a steam-like plume of... (more)

HE 8170 backs its 12-car load of wallboard toward the BNSF interchange. Afterwards, it will runaround a load of empties and bring them back to Duke.

Grain empties westbound entering Hawley. Note Chris from C. Visions Productions in the upper right grabbing some video for an upcoming project!

An ACe and a MAC strain to bring coal loads uphill into Larkspur. Amazingly, it's 28 December, and the Front Range has seen little-to-no snow by this point...but that would change just 2 days lat... (more)

There's no topographic reason as to why this curve is here, but regardless, it makes for an interesting angle in the plains of ND!

Coal empties twist into Larkspur on their way north for Wyoming. A note for number nerds: both engines end in '00'!

A mix of old and new AC-powered units haul this empty MERC train west into Fisher on a gorgeous afternoon.

Departing a little later than usual, the Cass Lake Local makes its way east through downtown Grand Forks. Downtown has really bounced back after the devastating flood that struck here eleven year... (more)