A stack train (with some autoracks up front) cruises past the green fields on the outskirts of Epping at the start of the last hour of sunlight on the longest day of the year.

On its second run of the day, BNSF's Employee Special rounds the curve coming into Motley as it continues to head toward Staples. It's been nearly 40 years since this line last saw regular passeng... (more)

After getting a mandatory 1,000-mile inspection and crew change about 15 miles at Havre, a long Z-train is picking up speed as it continues its journey east along the Milk River Subdivision.

After overtaking a slow manifest train nearby at Berthold, a fast-moving Z-train rounds a curve in a hilly area near what was once the town of Tagus.

An eastbound empty coal train from Portland General Electric passes through the 29th street crossing near the east end of MRL's downtown Billings yard.

The resident SW1s of the Bottineau Farmers Elevator 110-car shuttle loading complex lounge around on a nice Saturday afternoon during the peak of the grain harvest season in Bottineau.

The road switcher from the yard in Mandan sits on an industry track in Bismarck as the crew (on the ground) waits to copy a track warrant to go out on the main to do more work.

A "red barn" is in the lead of a Winnipeg bound train as it passes over a crossing about 5 miles south of the Canadian border near the Orleans station. This train would later have a 2 and a half h... (more)

Coal empties begin rolling north late in the day following a routine crew change at the former Burlington Northern yard in Trinidad. The unmistakable Fishers Peak Mesa looms large in the backgroun... (more)

A sparkling new ES44DC, paired with a rare (for MN) NS dash 9 still in primer, leads a double stack train through central Minnesota

The BN 9208 heads into the siding at Hillsboro to meet another coal train heading north toward Grand Forks

The end of an eastbound coal train is on top of concrete ties as it swings around the curve to the west of Beach.

A speedy Z-train proceeds west through Hinsdale.

Right as the sun begins to set over the Grand Forks yard on a beautiful March evening, a pair of headlights marks the arrival of the daily Dilworth-Grand Forks manifest.

The recent increase in the use of DPUs on BNSF's northern coal line doesn't appear to have affected the use of manned helpers in western North Dakota, as illustrated by the end of this train trave... (more)