A westbound RRV&W is seen making its was west through Wahpeton with a cut of cars for Minn-Kota Ag Products on the west side of Mooreton, ND.

The Red River Valley & Western crossing the Bois de Sioux River as the train departs Breckenridge with a cut of cars for Minn-Kota Ag Products on the west side of Mooreton, ND.

New aluminum coal gons glow in the afternoon sunshine as a Burlington Northern coal train rolls through a curve west of Lyons, North Dakota, on August 10, 1991. The train is led by equally-new BN ... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” slowly rolls northbound through through Baldwin, North Dakota, on August 27, 2018.

The spring thaw has arrived in SE North Dakota as a tardy Empire Builder heads from Fargo to Grand Forks. CP had a derailment in Wisconsin yesterday, so there was a healthy delay out of Chicag... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern coal train passes through a wide, deep cut located just east of the Missouri River Bridge between the crew change of Mandan and Bismarck, North Dakota, on the afte... (more)

On August 30, 2018, Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “corn train” slowly rolls through the hills west of Burnstad, North Dakota, over the DMV&W’s Dakota Subdivision.

Just moments after departing the crew change town of Mandan, North Dakota, on the afternoon of August 10, 1991, a westbound Burlington Northern coal train crosses a truss bridge over the Heart Riv... (more)

It’s been raining most of the day on August 27, 2021. The imposing, battleship-gray grain elevator off Lincoln Avenue in Underwood, North Dakota, matches the somber weather as Dakota, Missouri V... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” begins its trek across Charlie’s Lake north of Garrison, North Dakota, on the afternoon of August 30, 2018. Powering the northbound train t... (more)

In Valley City, North Dakota, a westbound BN coal train powered by a pair of EMD SD60Ms, crosses the massive High Bridge over the Sheyenne River on August 11, 1991. Built by the Northern Pacific b... (more)

The first hint of ice has shown up on the Sheyenne River in Valley City as coal empties head west for the mines. The Northern Pacific Railroad completed the High Line Bridge over the Sheyenne ... (more)

A loaded DMV&W coal train rolls through the North Dakota landscape near Baldwin as they close in on Bismarck.

As the sun rises, an eastbound stack train slides over Gassman Coulee outside Minot as an ACe pushes on the rear.

In the early morning, the DMV&W crew takes an empty coal train North to Coal Creek Station for loading. They're passing power for a manifest that will run later in the day.