The Empire Builder is running ~ 2 hours late on a balmy late winter morning.
The Minnesota Commercial with a set of B23-7's rolls south over the BNSF diamond at Park Jct with 27 cars.
A CWR (continuous welded rail) train on CPR's Paynesville Sub.
Ex-LNG (liquified natural gas) BN 7149, KCS 754 and a BN 9274 with a unit coal train.
UP local with coil cars tied down for the night.
LNG (liquified natural gas) units BN 7149, BN 7890 and BNGT 101 with a set of BN coal cars.
Five SD40-2's and a fuel tender work a coal load thru the Powder River Basin.
The UP 'MIR' job is tied down for the night on the Olympic Steel spur with some coil cars.
Back when BN America intermodal was popular in the mid 90's, a pair of SD40-s's was common power.
Conrail run thru power assists on an eastbound Sea Land double stack container train.
A couple of SD40-2's on a westbound intermodal train.
A westbound mixed freight with unique mix of power (SD40-2, SD24, SW1000) along the shores of Lake Minnetonka at Wayzata.
A BN coal train with a SD40-2 and 3 C30-7's in the hills of NW Nebraska.
Power for UP local (the 'MIR'). In a few hours, the rested crew will continue where they left off from the previous day switching out the Olympic Steel coil plant.
Z train with 2 units on the head end and 2 DPU are doing track speed on this 0 degree morning.