The Rapids local, with a somewhat rare B40-8W leading, rolls on after making a set out for the Sappi mill in Cloquet, MN and will now continue over to Grand Rapids, MN and the Blandin mill with fo... (more)
The Rapids local, with a somewhat rare B40-8W leading, rolls up to make a set out for the Sappi mill in Cloquet, MN before continuing on to Grand Rapids and the Blandin mill with four cars remaini... (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 former Santa Fe "super fleet" GE, now a pumpkin, rumbles across the diamonds at Valley Jct. at sunset while another railfan shoots video of the train.