Crude oil loads are becoming very common on the staples sub. Since several terminate on the east coast, NS visitors are becoming more and more common, in fact, some people are saying NS power is ... (more)

A nice Grinstein Green surprise leading this empty coal train under a wooden bridge at MP 233.

A Portland-Chicago vehicle train passes through an archetypal midwest farming community, possibly carrying more cars than are actually driven through town on a given day?

I've always wanted a picture of Amtrak passing through Hawley and July 4, 2012 was finally my time. A very late Empire Builder heads east for its next stop in Detroit Lakes on a very hazy and sti... (more)

With heritage unit 184 in the lead, a 3 hour late Empire Builder flies west past Mt. Muller near the small town of Lake Park, MN.

A westbound Z train glides downgrade around one of the sweeping curves between Lake Park and Hawley.

A trio of the newest power on BNSF heads west into the setting sun near Hawley. The lead unit is a shiny new ES44C4 on one of its first trips through Minnesota.

Hot on the heels of another Z train, we were treated to a sparkling new ES44C4 leading two more GEVOs on this westbound hotshot. It made a fine sight flying beneath one of the wooden overpasses e... (more)

A westbound Z train glides around the curve at Manitoba Jct, headed for its next crew change in Dilworth Yard.

As a westbound grain train wraps around the curve west of Manitoba Junction, who would think that the first two units would be SD60Ms, much less that the one-of-a-kind greenface would be on the po... (more)

With a thin layer of clouds filtering the last light of the day, ethanol empties head west to be loaded for another trip east. This is one of my favorite spots at this time of year and this unit t... (more)

Sometimes you just have all the luck...like today in Hawley when this westbound stack train came into view just as the eastbound coal load was going the other direction.

At the famed Hawley bridge, a westbound stack train glides by as a load of coal grinds its way uphill. Trains leaving Dilworth Yard have to conquer a long steep climb out of the Red River Valley.

After shooting the train heading into the sun and getting glared by the lead engine so bad it looked horrible, I was walking back to the car reviewing the shot when I looked up and saw this terrif... (more)

A matched set of BNSF veterans cruise west through railfan country in northern Minnesota.