The westbound Empire Builder streaks toward Clear Lake, MN under the glow of the northern lights.

A pair of SD75's and GE's with an eastbound train on the super elevated track at Clear Lake MN.

A pair of vintage C44-9Ws lead a mixed freight past vintage BN signals on a warm spring afternoon. BNSF has slowly upgraded the C44-9Ws in BNSF's original scheme (H1/Heritage 1) with PTC and br... (more)

Northtown's last two cascade-green EMDs paired together working mainline road freights, a change from the transfers they typically worked. The pair would be split up after this trip making this... (more)

The Burlington Northern came into existence nearly 51 years ago. However, it merged into BNSF and became a part of history 25 years ago. That said, an ever-popular pair of cascade green EMDs have ... (more)

A pair of H4 SD40-2s are in command of a sizable mixed freight from Northtown Yard in Minneapolis to Grand Forks.

Northtown's last two Cascade Green EMDs make a trip westbound in golden light. The power has been well sought after by railfans, and for good reason. The transcon was once a BN playground, now gre... (more)

Minnesota's last cascade green SD60M leads the Grand Forks to Northtown mixed freight around the elevated curve in Clear Lake. A few years ago, there was a bountiful number of BN painted SD60Ms... (more)

After busting snowdrifts further west, eastbound 6613 has blue skies and clear tracks ahead as it rounds the elevated curve at Clear Lake, Minnesota.

2 Dash 9s and 4 SD40-2s lead this day's Grand Forks manifest. Interestingly enough, I caught those same SD40s leading the day before on the Dilworth manifest.

Four standard-cab EMDs command the second section of the Grand Forks, ND to Northtown Yard manifest around the elevated curve in Clear Lake, kicking up snow along the way. In the age of PTC, se... (more)

A pair of BN and Santa Fe veterans lead a baretable train west to Staples in Clear Lake.

A pair of H2 motors on point of a manifest head west into Clear Lake.

An NS AC44 and CN SD75I lead an autorack west into Clear Lake in the last minutes of daylight.

A recently washed GEVO and a Goatboat lead the Pasco, WA to Northtown manifest into Clear Lake on the wrong main with a dead bird on main 2. Eastbounds usually take main 2, but a coal train was bl... (more)