Eastbound Cass Lake Local breezes into Crookston ahead of coal loads with 8 cars. After some quick work, it will leave town with none. Two of the cars will be dropped on the siding next to me, a... (more)

The southbound Denali Star slinks through Elmendorf AFB just moments from its final stop in Anchorage. Surprisingly for this time of year, the trees are still mostly barren despite this past wint... (more)

A manifest with a rare yet-hopefully-increasingly-common lashup of bold color works its way south approaching Woodmen Rd. Along for the ride is a still-brilliant blue ex-Conrail unit and BNSF 812... (more)

There are very few places in eastern North Dakota where you can take a photo without including the sky and/or the great expanse of the northern plains, but the Alton Grain Terminal and its massive... (more)

Autoracks run the trench eastbound in Lake Park behind a quartet of SD40-2s.

GEVO prototype UP 5698 and actual Southern Pacific Heritage SP 8664 arriving northbound at the cement factory in Monolith to drop off and then pick up a cut of cars. Faux-SP Heritage in the form ... (more)

The Mayville Local has a B23-7 and a GP10 (BNSF 1409) for power this evening; awesome to see this lashup on a Class I in 2005! These units just reconnected with their train after switching rock c... (more)

I never thought I'd ever have the chance to talk about catching maroon DMIR power on the point in the Remarks section here, especially when I moved away from the northern tier, but here it is, in ... (more)

Not too many Oakways left with the 'GM' nose herald intact, so it's always a nice treat to catch one. Here 9019 leads the Minot, ND - Superior, WI manifest east through Fisher on the heels of the... (more)

TOFC train makes the turn south out of the Tehachapi Mountains and into the town of Mojave late in the day.

BLE 906 leads a 141-car string of empty ore jennies north through Munger. It's hard for a photograph to capture the experience of being trackside and what this photo doesn't show is the aniticipa... (more)

A study in Cigar Bands, or rather, a hot eastbound stack train with the H2 GE passing loaded coal with an ex-ATSF Warbonnet. Stacks, coal, and the grain elevator in the background show the types o... (more)

The Drayton Local picked up a set of cars at Grafton and is seen here continuing south toward Grand Forks, leaving the little town of Minto behind.

The Superior, WI - Minot, ND manifest rolls west through Fisher behind a natty B40-8W Warbonnet and an Oakway about 22 hours after they brought this train's counterpart east. For some reason, the... (more)

Training-in-progress on the Superior-Minot manifest westbound leaving Grand Forks behind with a rare 4-axle leader. Also note, someone was a little vulgar in the grime on the nose...