Three older EMD locomotives lead a Northtown to Grand Forks manifest across Minnesota on a nice early spring evening back in 2017, seen from the US Highway 10 overpass west of New York Mills.

A trio of BNSF SD40-2s on the Dilworth road freight meet the eastbound St. Cloud local with a pair or rebuilt 4-axles. Five EMD standard cabs in a perfect meet on the mainline in 2018, who would'v... (more)

A trio of BNSF SD40-2s round the gentle elevated curve out of Clear Lake headed east for BNSF's Northtown Yard.

A freshly repainted SD40-2 leads a 89 car Grand Forks-Northtown manifest.

BNSF wasn't fooling around when they sent a quartet of veteran EMD SD40-2s on the mainline to handle a two-mile long manifest on their own. I definitely consider myself lucky!

NTWGFD EMD's Isn't it funny how a seemingly random collection of letters can mean absolutely nothing to most people, but to Minnesota railfans, the letters "NTWGFD EMD's" would be... (more)

The H-NTWGFD screams past the preserved Northern Pacific depot in Wadena on its way west. Two SD40-2s and a rebuilt GP35 provide the power and the soundtrack on a perfect early spring evening.

SD40-2s leading road trains have pretty much become a thing of the past. But, on occasion, it does happen, here, a freshly repainted SD40-2 leads an ex-ATSF warbonnet to Northtown in Minneapolis.

The Superior to Northtown rolls through Cambridge on a warm April afternoon and is led by a former Burlington Northern SD40-2 and two fromer Iowa Interstate geeps.

A pair of BNSF SD40-2's go about their duties of kicking cars in the Aberdeen Yard, while a pair of GEVO's on a Big Stone Power train are serviced before the last leg of their trip in northeast So... (more)

BNSF 1788 still looks pretty good in Cascade green with a high headlight, as it and a H1 partner shove quick and hard on another kick. Don't let the lack of snow fool you, it's still frigid cold w... (more)