While a Westbound BNSF stack train waits, CP 198 continues to pound the diamonds at Soo Tower and now has begun to tiptoe through downtown Minot, passing the Soo Line Depot on North Main.
A few thousand miles from home, a PAL GP10 takes a break from shuffling grain hoppers around at the Sun Prairie Elevator in Minot.
A trio of Dash 9's are heavy into the dynamics holding back a 6500 foot Z PTLCHC9, rolling downhill into the Souris River Valley while crossing the high trestle over the Gassman Coulee just West o... (more)
Two beavers drag a 7400' train 198 through downtown Minot, pounding the ex-Soo/GN diamonds at Soo Tower.
Its the 4th of July, and BNSF has spent the past three days opening the tracks through Minot after the flooding Souris River put half the city under water... The first 'revenue' train rolls West w... (more)
RJ Corman and dozens of BNSF employees spent their Fourth of July finishing up work on the flooded tracks through downtown Minot. After posting on their computers the tracks would be open at 20:00... (more)
High waters from a flooding Souris River encroach the ex-SOO line, while a candy apple red SD60 leads a short 497 towards Minot.
"The Mouse that Roared" BNSF 4838 East leads the last train to roll through downtown Minot before MOW took the second mainline out of service this afternoon, while the National Guard fra... (more)
A Kalama, WA bound grain train's DPU pushes hard over the Gassman Coulee trestle right around sunset.
A westbound vehicle train heads west hot on #7's heels.
Amtrak 7 heads west across the Gassman Coulee Trestle less than a half hour late.
A CP work train ready to unload ballast near the BNSF crossing on a wet overcast morning in Minot.
Westbound Empire Builder on the Gassman Coulee Trestle in the morning sun. The bridge is near Minot ND and is 1792 ft long.
It's just after sunrise as the PASGAL pulls into Minot for a crew change. The Empire Builder has already arrived early for its stop at the depot and it being serviced in the background.