Coal loads are tied down in the Cass Lake Yard, next to a BNSF work train with CP GEVO's.

I never thought I'd be shooting nearly new CP GEVOs in Cass Lake. Units are on HP payback and have been sitting in Cass Lake Yard for three days now, the train is made up of 14 cars of MoW equipm... (more)

Coal empties are on the up and up at the Wing River Sag.

Gotta love the sweet evening light... a coal empty rolls over the bridge between the murky narrows of Cass Lake and Pike Bay. The train was supposed to be lead by the H2 SD70MAC, but the crew rot... (more)

The sun is just starting to get low enough for some awesome glint action, this was the beginning of the end of our railfan gathering in Verndale. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Verndale, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7496
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 20, 2009

Like Linkin Park's, "Minutes to Midnight..." may be a little early, but minutes to sunset for sure. Three miles down the line, the BNSF 5313 is getting ready to make a dip in the Wing Rive... (more)

Just before I got clouded out for a closer shot, I zoomed out as far as my 300mm would let me to get a shot.

While bass fishing in the swampy area between Cass Lake and Pike Bay I heard a rumble and sure enough a coal train passed through. I got clouded out for the lead unit I was able to shoot the DPU ... (more)

After a derailment on the super busy Staples Sub, the BNSF routed several Z-trains through the Lakes Sub and Grand Forks Sub. The H1 C44-9W looks so much better than the H2.

This DPU MAC easily shoves on the end of coal empties as they pass through a dig in the line near Spike Lake west of Cass Lake.

A couple of SD70ACe's are up front and a GEVO is in DPU on the rear as they wait in Cass Lake Yard for a crew to take them west.

The BNSF 9303 just arrived on the end of a coal empty.

Well, I'd have rather shot the EJE units but a clean SD70M-2 is a nice conselation prize.

After backing out on the main from MP&L, the train has reverse and is heading back to Cass Lake where they will park in the yard.

Hopefully soon that middle unit will look as nice as the other two as it was just donated by the CN to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. I thought for sure I was going to see a grade crossing ac... (more)