MERC coal loads with BNSF 8204 creep toward Hawley eastbound and will have to wait as three westbounds clear off his main at the crossovers located there.

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)

BNSF 8016 hits the curve westbound as it makes its presence known in Larimore on a beautiful Spring afternoon.

Westbound Superior - Minot manifest fades to mirage as it blows through Emerado.

The Tramp Job heads south on the Glasston Sub with 17 tank cars. This is a rare catch as this train usually starts working in the evening and returns ~0300L. This is the 200th photo in the datab... (more)

Daily GFD to NTW manifest rolls south into Thompson. The only blue remaining from the original GM nose herald clings to life on the lower right-hand side under the foot step.

Westbound auto train coasts through Lake Park and through the ever-popular curves on the west side of town.

Boy, they sure are mining some interesting stuff at North Antelope Mine these days! First time I've seen a hitchhiker tagging along; it was pretty surprising! This train would stop at Detroit La... (more)

Empty coal runs the trench westbound heading into Hawley behind a nice dual-window SD60M. Most of the hoppers were of the new-logo BNSF type...

A hot Z-train leaves the trench westbound and slices into Hawley as MERC coal loads head east.

A huge MoW project is going on along the Staples Sub as new track is being laid which has action slowed down until ~1300L each day. Here the work train heads west toward Dilworth as a MERC coal t... (more)

Westbound stack train glides through the cut near Muskoda on its way toward the Stockwood Fill and into the Dilworth Yard. It was a little greener in the area last year at this time :(

A long Grand Forks - Northtown manifest rolls south past Alton's resident grain shuffler, DLSX 2307. This same combo of Oakways would be providing power on the day's M-DILGFD as well.

An over-under study on grain transportation as Erskine grain empties come into the yard off the Hillsboro Sub while a twin-trailer rig flies overhead at 75mph on I-29 northbound.

Trains aren't exactly small, but next to this grain elevator in Alton they look like Micro Machines. This lone Oakway negotiates a slow order south toward Fargo on a pleasant afternoon.