After stopping at the signals for the west siding switch in Buxton, BNSF 721 eases forward for a run to Alton as the South Local clears the main at the south end of town.

A grain train roars south through Thompson on an unseasonably warm November afternoon in eastern North Dakota (check out the green grass this late in the year!). This train's heading for Alton to... (more)

BNSF 8260 finally gets under way after the West Lead, seen on the right, cleared its warrant after spotting cars at Henningsen Cold Storage just south of F.O. Switch. A third train, M-MINSUP is w... (more)

BNSF 8260 with the Reader's Digest large-print scheme leads a six-pack of power on today's empty Clay Boswell train across the Red River and into North Dakota. Along for the ride are an Oakway, a... (more)

Here's a paint combo you don't see everyday: the Whiteface with Cascade-style nose stripes...usually the Whiteface scheme has a large 'BN' herald on the nose instead. Not sure how many ex-BN unit... (more)

The way it should be: a duo of Cascade Green units up front. The Drayton Local passes under UND's Hamster Tube and into the yard under the first blue skies we've seen in about two weeks. Check o... (more)

Struggling to climb out of the Red River Valley after a speed restriction in Arvilla due to siding construction, BNSF 8253 and an Oakway lean into the curve entering Larimore.

BNSF 8222 on the point of westbound MERC empties in Carlton waiting for a new crew. The Eight Triple Two probably has the sharpest-looking Warbonnet scheme left running the rails today. The seco... (more)

An odd move this evening in the Red River Valley: this manifest came east off the Devil's Lake Sub and is seen here running south on the Hillsboro Sub. Most of the re-routes we see here are of th... (more)

Northern Plains Railroad's trio of 'new' 6-axle power sits silently by the engine shop on a lazy Sunday afternoon. NPR 5557, 5556, and 5555 arrived from the Canadian Pacific in late June, adding ... (more)

A couple of old and rotting (paint-wise, anyway) ex-Sante Fe GE's are fronting a high priority TOFC train west out of Minnesota and into North Dakota across this former NP structure. I hope that ... (more)

Intermodal train westbound leaving Moorhead and crossing the Red River into North Dakota. The building on the right is brand new and will be the home of Riverside Condos. I bet the fact that Far... (more)

You wouldn't know it by looking at this power, but this is not a coal train. Rather, it's the high priority Lincoln, NE - Dilworth, MN manifest, hitting the diamonds across the KO Sub and joining... (more)

A strange lashup with an RCO GP39-2 and four CP SD40-2s leads the daily Northtown - Grand Forks manifest west out of the Dilworth Yard and onto the Prosper Sub at Moorhead JCT. This junction is t... (more)

The high-priority Pasco - Northtown manifest runs east behind a colorful mix of power. It won't be too much longer before Jack Frost and Old Man Winter have deep snow drifts coming off the north ... (more)