It's always nice when you hear a train coming within five minutes of arriving at a location like this. A loaded coal train with a brand new SD70ACe trailing soars over the frozen Sheyenne River o... (more)

On a hot summer afternoon, this 50 car DMVW corn train and its 3 SD45's pull out of the siding of Pierce after meeting a eastbound BNSF coal load on July 30, 2012.

All 3 of DMVW's SD45's clear out some carbon as they lead a loaded corn train up the hill after entering the BNSF Jamestown Sub at McKenzie, ND 7/30/12. The train had been idling all weekend in Na... (more)

A GEVO shoves hard on an empty coal train as it crosses the Hi Line Bridge at Valley City, ND.

A westbound empty coal train with an SD70ACe DPU gleams in the early morning sun as it rolls across the Hi Line Bridge at Valley City, ND.

Sunset on the prairies, seen here as a loaded coal train pounds east near the small town of Urbana. This is the Jamestown sub that runs from Mandan, ND, to KO Jct, near Fargo, ND.

The DPU of a coal empty flies high above Valley City. Framed under the massive bridge is the grain elevator on the north end of town along the CP tracks at the bottom of the valley.

Two EMDs, one former Santa Fe and one former BN, lead the Jamestown local east across the huge bridge at Valley City on a beautiful early fall day.

In nice evening light, an empty coal train climbs out of the James River valley just west of Jamestown.

Coal empties roll west across the plains of North Dakota on the Jamestown Sub.

With spring flooding in North Dakota, the water in one of the lakes east of Sanborn, ND is almost up to the top of the causeway.

An empty coal train passes over the 3,860 feet (1,180 m) long Hi-Line Bridge through Valley City, North Dakota. Constructed between 1906 and 1908. At the time it was the longest bridge for its hei... (more)

With spring leaves just starting to pop and the Sheyenne River slowly receding BNSF 9899 pushes a loaded coal train over the 3,860 feet (1,180 m) long Hi-Line Bridge through Valley City.

BNSF 9794 leads an eastbound coal train past grain elevators in the town of Wheatland, ND, located along the BNSF Jamestown Sub.

An empty coal train blasts across the long causeway at Crystal Springs. As the clouds in the background dumped several inches of snow across Minnesota, the sun came out just long enough for a ple... (more)