Unexpected coal empty re-route seen thundering westbound around the curve in Arvilla.

Brand new! Re-routed! Spanking new BNSF 5884 leads Clay Boswell empties west on the Devil's Lake Sub at track speed.

Rare CSX power (C40-8W and ES44DC) on the M-SUPMIN this afternoon, seen here crawling along the jointed rail and toward the setting sun.

Odd power on today's Superior - Minot manifest: dual CSX GE power pulls this westbound out of the Red River Valley and through the small town of Emerado.

BNSF 6939 and CN 5447 (SD50F) lead a short Superior - Minot manifest west at track speed near Powell. BNSF continues to use CN power on alot of their trains up here...

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.

Fresh maroon and gold paint adorns this NW2, seen here working a week after revenue service began for the Dakota Northern. I'm hoping they put some DN decals sometime in the future. Check out th... (more)

The Drayton Local sneaks south past some trees and into the town of Grafton.

Dakota Northern's ILSX 1392 has just set out a load in south Grafton for the BNSF and is about to proceed back toward downtown and call it a day.

The Walhalla Local returns to Grafton with the Dakota Northern Railroad now providing the power. The DN took over for BNSF on the Walhalla and Glasston Subs on 5 Feb.

Just over a week after taking over from the BNSF and beginning revenue service, the Dakota Northern Railroad with ILSX 1019 switches cars at the Ethanol plant in Grafton.

After clearing some malfunctioning signals, BNSF 9284 is up to track speed as he roars coal empties south through Thompson.

This train shoved west out of the yard onto the Devil's Lake Sub and is now on the wye for the Hillsboro Sub. Shot taken from the Amtrak Station platform.

Finally! A dual-window SD60M on the point! Ardoch empties coming off the Glasston Sub passing under UND's 'Hamster Tunnel.'

Pumpkin I paint leads a long manifest westbound in late afternoon light. Thanks to MN Chris and Mitch W., fellow members of the Northern Plains XT Gang, for inspiring this shot!