BLE tunnel motors lead a 141-car string of ore empties north as seen from a classic Missabe photo spot.

COB empties slink westbound through downtown Grand Forks behind a faded Pumpkin II MAC cursed with a peeling cigar band on the nose. The Grand Forks County Office Building is the structure to the... (more)

CSX 8835, an ex-Conrail SD40-2, looks through the turntable at the east end of the yard while two BNSF Geeps provide a nice frame on a cold, dreary day.

Twin ACes act as DPUs as they make their descent into Sedalia on a northbound coal empty.

The Coastal Classic hustles through Portage on its way north back to Anchorage.

In the middle of a Spring Winter Storm Warning, the clouds cleared for a bit, the sun came out to play, and BNSF 5804 led a northbound manifest through the Air Force Academy. The bad thing about ... (more)

The pride and new face of BNSF coal power, the SD70ACe, leading a...Z-train?!?!? BNSF 9379 somehow found its way into intermodal service as it throttles west out of Fargo. Probably the fi... (more)

Late in the day, with the sun on the horizon, and paired up with a brand new coat of paint is about the only time you'll get an effect I like to call the "BN Swoosh." This westbound stack train r... (more)

Ex-GRR (and sister unit to Lycoming Valley 9050 and 9052) GP20 now wears the reporting marks of Grainbelt. Rumor is this unit will be assigned to work the balloon track at the Martin Marietta roc... (more)

The northbound Denali Star with ARR 4327 runs the gauntlet leading under Vandenberg Dr. at MP 118.43 on Elmendorf AFB.

Power that is typically seen on northern plains coal is up front on today's daily Grand Forks, ND - Northtown, MN manifest as it storms into Thompson. Looks like the conductor was catching up on ... (more)

The Aurora Winter Train breezes north under the Old Glenn Highway overpass. With the days getting longer, it's easier to catch this train in the Anchorage-area on its departure out of town on Sat... (more)

OTVR 3900 leads the daily interchange train south on company trackage just south of OTV JCT after leaving the Fargo Yard and crossing Moorhead JCT.

Empty Clay Boswell coal roars west with a nice SD60M leader. Note that second unit is experimental merger paint BNSF 9297!

The daily City Job returns westbound over the Red River of the North to the yard after completing its work in East Grand Forks, whose skyline is seen in the background.