The other side of the S-curve after Arvilla into Larimore! Old school power leads a short Mayville Local west around the bend and toward the Mayville JCT.

The Mayville Local has a B23-7 and a GP10 (BNSF 1409) for power this evening; awesome to see this lashup on a Class I in 2005! These units just reconnected with their train after switching rock c... (more)

Interesting move this afternoon as BN 9660 backs its coal load into the yard. Apparently, FO Switch was malfunctioning and this train had to use DL Switch to back in...

The westbound Mayville Local entering Larimore to set out its cars and then run back east to Emerado to pick up a missed set of rock cars.

Mayville Local on the curve at Arvilla. This crew just got done switching grain cars at the silo in the background.

A rare, elevated shot in North Dakota shows a nice Pumpkin I SD40-2 rolling under the Hwy 2 overpass on its way to Minot.

I'd pay $3.11/gallon for gas to get a shot like this...and I did too. BNSF 8081 and NREX 8698 lead M-SUPMIN toward the Hwy 2 overpass across the endless fields of North Dakota...

Superior to Minot manifest rounds the sweeping curve in Arvilla. It's already looking like fall up here...

Leaving the yard for a westward trip to Minot, BNSF 8081 leads NREX 8698 (ex-CR/CSX SD50) and a long manifest...

On the go after waiting for two westbounds to clear off the Hillsboro for this stack re-route lead by a blotchy ex-ATSF 651...

Oops. Previous photo of an old shanty was taken in B&W, and I forgot to change the settings! Either way, eastbound stacks still being routed Minot-Grand Forks-Fargo...

NPR 3502 creeps into Forest River for a brief stop at the diamond before continuing east toward Thief River Falls, MN.

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

I actually found a little hill to get this vantage point as the NPR 3502 leaves Fordville at 0906L with 78 loads. Seen here on the big sweeping curve just east of town.

Starting east toward the town of Fordville, the Northern Plains Railroad is a shortline hauler for the Canadian Pacific Railway as seen in these loaded grain cars.