A quartet of Heritage II GEs waits at the westernmost point of the Grand Forks subdivision as a unit grain train on the Devils Lake subdivision, out of view to the left, waits for a new crew befor... (more)

South local returns to Grand Forks.

After a quick crew change in the yard at Grand Forks, an empty Clay Boswell coal train heads South on the Hillsboro Subdivision.

Clay Boswell empties come across the Red River in downtown Grand Forks, ND.

A little bit of Warbonnet adorns the second DPU on this Alto grain train as it pulls into the Grand Forks yard on a cold, but pleasant Saturday. Learn all about the area at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 5466
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 08, 2007

A clean Heritage I Dash 9 leads an Alton grain train over G.F. Switch and into the yard. This train was having DPU difficulties in Alton and had to negotiate a broken rail on its journey north, n... (more)

A trio of SD60Ms leads Clay Boswell coal empties into the sunset on a cold December evening. The second and third units sadly have been renumbered to the 81 series, and the lead unit is the former... (more)

Coal empties westbound over the now-frozen Red River of the North. The Oakway will be left behind in the yard to power a later manifest, and after a crew change, BNSF 8258 and BNSF 8121, a newly ... (more)

BNSF 518 westbound leaving the yard heading for Alton to pick up a cut of empty fertilizer hoppers of the CSX variety. The footprints leading to the tracks are mine from where these units stopped... (more)

BNSF 518, CSXT 7508, and CSXT 8048 pose under the University of North Dakota's water tower on the west end of the yard as they wait for track to clear ahead.

A sharp looking NRE rebuild and an older BN veteran haul a four car mainly grain train past UND's water tower en route to Langdon, ND.

The ground is once again white and the temperature is once again below zero as a 14 car Mayville Local heads west out of Grand Forks on the final day of November 2007.

A bizarre train with a bizarre consist: a 115+ car M-GFDNTW departs Grand Forks with just three geeps in control. The second unit is a GP50 with BN markings on the long hood, and the third unit is... (more)

Fighting Sioux! (<-I guess I'll have to remove that in 3 years when UND loses their mascot, but until then...). A southbound unit grain train rolls under the University of North Dakota's Hamster... (more)