A southbound BNSF grain train works uphill toward Florence, MN on a nice summer evening.

A westbound grain train rolls across the 100+ year old bridge the Great Northern built across the Sheyenne River valley when it constructed the Surrey Cutoff between Fargo and Minot, ND. Since the... (more)

An eastbound empty sand train crosses Lake Ashtabula near Luverne, ND behind a rainbow consist of NS and BNSF power.

Two BNSF GE's lead a westbound grain train across the large bridge over Lake Ashtabula on the former Great Northern Surrey Cutoff between Fargo and Minot, ND.

A lengthy double stack train climbs Arlington Hill on the former Chicago & North Western in eastern Nebraska.

An old Grand Trunk Western switcher has found a home in south central Nebraska. It lives out its days on display with some other old rail equipment near US Highway 81 in the small town of Geneva.

This looks like a Union Pacific SD60M, but closer inspection reveals that it has been re-lettered for current owner Manning Rail. This shortline operates over just a handful of miles of a former C... (more)

Fog hangs over downtown Fremont where a former Cotton Belt GP60 rests from its duties as a westbound manifest pulls into town for a brief stop at the yard office to drop off some deadheading crew ... (more)

The morning sun begins to break through some fog hanging in the wide valley near where the Platte and Elkhorn Rivers come together as an eastbound Union Pacific train waits for a new crew at the e... (more)

Some of the first light of a chilly January day finds the front of a late running eastbound Empire Builder as it climbs out of the Red River valley on the former Northern Pacific mainline in weste... (more)

With some frost still clinging to some nearby trees, the northbound Marshall local rolls through the wintry prairie landscape south of Willmar, MN.

Three older EMD locomotives hustle northbound alongside Minnesota State Highway 23 near Clara City, MN, headed back toward Willmar with the local from Marshall.

With plenty of snow on the ground, a southbound BNSF grain train climbs along the Redwood River valley through Camden State Park near Lynd, MN.

Tracy, MN marks the western end of Canadian Pacific's ownership of the former Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern line across southern Minnesota and into South Dakota. From Tracy west, the railroad belong... (more)

Three well-worn EMD's swing through the curves in downtown Elk River with an eastbound freight for Northtown Yard.