Though both elevators in the background are still active, neither are serviced by BNSF grain trains any longer.

Grain empties head east through Morris behind one of Burlington Northern Santa Fe's best paint schemes.

A long unit train of ethanol empties snakes down the hill into Morris as a blurry soda truck waits its turn.

Grain loads, with one unit on each end, descend the hill into Morris just after the clouds moved away.

The westbound Western Star at Morris, MN. My parents, Clarence and Ruby, are the patrons (rightmost) on the platform.

Whoops... Grain empties from Tacoma, WA didn't quite make it all the way to Alberta this morning. They got stuck about three miles west of town after plowing through some drifts.

Whoops... I've seen bigger drifts this winter, but this grain train couldn't quite make it to its destination this morning. It's stuck just west of Morris on a branch line.

The frozen frost still has a grip on a repainted dash 9 as it slows for a speed restriction at east Morris.

A pair of GEs kick out some exhaust as they power up out of a slow order. You can tell that the air temperature was -15 degrees this morning.

Grain empties meet loads at the east end of Morris on a very cold December morning.

Priority merchandise from Grand Forks, ND has the dynamics howling as it passes through Morris on a sunny deer opener.

Grain empties for Sioux City, IA find a sucker hole in the clouds as the dymanics slow the train for a speed restriction.

A rare sight pokes through the frosty sunrise leading the daily merchandise train from Grand Forks into Morris.

Lots of action in Morris on this cool Monday morning! The west local has tucked itself away on the east leg of the wye to allow the two grains trains, seen at right, to meet in Morris. The condu... (more)

After the three way meet, grain empties from Interbay, WA pass the west local, tucked away in the east leg of the wye, on their way to Benson to pick up an Aberdeen crew for the trip to South Dako... (more)