A Cohasset coal empty with a mix of AC/DC power crosses the Red River of the North and comes into Grand Forks on a pleasant fall evening.

After receiving a new crew at D.L. Switch, two GEs charge out of Grand Forks with a unit grain train bound for Alton, ND.

Two H2 GEs head eastward across the bridge west of Grand Forks with grain empties for Alton, ND.

A classic Triclops and a sister Oakway lead the Superior, WI - Minot, ND manifest west over the Red River of the North and into North Dakota. This duo's been working between Minot and Superior fo... (more)

After picking up a new crew at DL Switch, this Alton-bound grain empty comes around the west leg of the wye past the Amtrak Station and onto the Hillsboro Sub for a 39 mile trip south to its desti... (more)

A nice green duo led by BNSF 2176 haul a relatively long South Local off the east leg of the wye to the Hillsboro Sub and east toward the yard on a pleasant afternoon. Learn more at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP38AC
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 2176
Train ID: L-TWI8061
Photo Date: September 09, 2008

A short Drayton Local with but six cars works its way south toward the yard in Grand Forks behind a matched pair of H1 Geeps.

Classic EMD Warbonnet coal power leads a couple of new comers on this northbound MERC coal re-route as it crosses over the drainage ditch at MP 97 on a pleasant summer evening.

After running power around the train in the yard (which put the nice power out front!), Ardoch coal empties with its shiny SUGX hoppers depart for a run south to Hillsboro for a meet before contin... (more)

The crew of the Drayton Shuttle kicks back while waiting their turn into the yard after the arrival of the M-NTWGFD and the departure of the E-GFASCM and the H-GFDNTW.

A GEVO and two EMDs lead coal empties from Ardoch, ND, as they head back for the mines. The engineer was friendly enough to yell "cover your ears" before sounding the horn for the fourth time righ... (more)

Forced to enter the yard due to a grain train on the Passenger Main, Clay Boswell empties roll westward around the curve with a naked face MAC, BNSF's first SD75M, and a CITX SD70M-2 in charge.

The East Lead pulls out a cut of cars to sort. Why the autorack was present in this yard is unknown.

With a really short train on this morning, the South Local breezes across the drainage ditch at MP 97 en route to American Crystal Sugar near Hillsboro, ND.

The daily manifest from Dilworth, MN, cruises toward Grand Forks with a great mix of older six axle EMDs. The third unit, BNSF 7812, is the only SD40-2 with the Burlington Northern treatment and h... (more)