The fog that greeted us when we arrived is gone, but Lake Ashtabula is smooth as glass as an eastbound charges across the bridge.
Every once in a while you happen upon a spot that makes you smile for a long, long time...this was that spot for today. Underwater boulders can be seen in the foreground and the entire Luverne tr... (more)
An eastbound priority intermodal train casts a nice reflection on Lake Ashtabula on an absolutely perfect morning in Luverne, ND.
A westbound Z train crosses high above a spider's own engineering marvel on a beautiful spring morning along Lake Ashtabula west of Luverne.
An eight thousand foot manifest from Havre, MT crosses the Des Lacs Reservoir on a windy and chilly Spring morning in Central North Dakota.
No hiding this units heritage. What a lashup to find in 2012 three GP9's on a old former Soo branch at Lansford North Dakota. They have a lengthy train bound for the interchange at Kenmare includi... (more)
A sparkling clean SD50F crosses a small creek just North of Baldwin.
A lone tree stands by the ex Soo Line tracks, while the DMVW wayfreight from Max trundles along at 10MPH.
The SB DMVW wayfreight from Max trots into rural Baldwin on the ex Soo Line stick rail at sunset, with a severe thunderstorm in Canada brewing in the background.
SOO 6026 West rolls away from a thunderstorm leading another SOO SD60 and a handful of ex Soo Line and MILW ballast hoppers on the newly ballasted CP New Town Subdivision.
Curving through the Badlands: BN SD60M No. 9259 leads an eastbound coal train at Sully Springs, North Dakota.
An EMD GP40X body'd leader leads the Drake Wayfreight into Minot catching the last light of the day.
Five horsepower vs. 7400. Five ponies have their faces buried in the dry grass and pay no attention to a brand new ES44AC leading an old "Multimark" SD40-2 passing by behind, on a warm Spri... (more)
A Burlington Northern coal train crosses the Missouri River between Mandan and Bismarck, North Dakota.
Lost coal power leads an Eastbound stacker into Minot for a crew change.