Another set of baretables being led by Oakway power heads for the Hillsboro Sub. I have a theory that with the increase in the new Tier-2 AC units BNSF is receiving that older coal power like the... (more)

What a lashup: A beautiful-looking blue ex-CR SD50, an NS SD70M, and another EMD smoker thunder westbound 224 past MP 33.6. Signs of fall prevail as seen in the harvested corn field...

Coal empties and their DPUs race north toward Castle Rock, CO.

NPR 2283 and 3510 run west as they enter Forest River with two grain hoppers in tow. This is the first time I've caught the Northern Plains running in almost a year and a half...

The Superior, WI - Minot, ND manifest is a few hours late this beautiful Friday evening as it races against time before the eastbound Empire Builder will force it into the hole somewhere al... (more)

Coal empties northbound enter Palmer Lake on a cool but pleasant June morning. These two DPUs along with 2 mid-train units along with the two up front have no problem handling the grade as they n... (more)

Quite a mix of power on this crewless manifest idling at CP Watts: an ex-BN/BNSF SD40-2, a GP39M, a renumbered SD60M (which, ironically, was placed in the number series on the BNSF roster vacated ... (more)

Empty Clay Boswell coal waits at the east end of the Fisher siding for a meet with a loaded eastbound. Check out the shiny new coal hoppers on this sucker!

Finally caught the Swoosh in good light on the head end of a westbound intermodal. Take note that all three pumpkin Heritage paint schemes are in the lashup...

Ex-GWRX and ex-Wisconsin Southern power leads this loaded grain train off the NPR wye and onto the BNSF Glasston Sub for a trip south to The Forks and points east. The tail of the train can be se... (more)

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.

More stacks leaving Minnesota westbound and entering North Dakota. I don't know who thought it would be a good idea to plant trees by the bridge, but those will be underwater when the Red River f... (more)

After a brief delay at MP 42, the Pikes Peak Local is underway again as it crosses the famous Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur. Times have certainly changed; this is the first standard cab-led train I... (more)

After backing off the Whittier Division on the south leg of the wye, ARR 4323 is now on the point as it pulls through Portage on the mainline before stopping and backing onto the siding after a lo... (more)

Foreign power day continues as a new Canadian National SD70M-2 along with a fellow CN unit and a Kansas City Southern GE leads the daily Northtown, MN - Grand Forks, ND manifest through downtown F... (more)