Coal loads roll south out of the Air Force Academy behind...BF 6198?!? Not quite! BNSF 6198 was involved in a train-truck collision in June of 2009 in Perham, MN; it was repaired but just not qu... (more)
Pumpkin I paint leads a long manifest westbound in late afternoon light. Thanks to MN Chris and Mitch W., fellow members of the Northern Plains XT Gang, for inspiring this shot!
Coal empties run north behind consecutive generations of General Electric AC-power. When I lived in North Dakota, I liked to get a grain elevator in the background for those across-the-field-type... (more)
After holding at the crossover on Main 1 for almost an hour to wait for three eastbounds to clear, one of which was also on Main 1, this empty coal train accelerates down the hill. Note the third... (more)