A westbound BNSF ballast train of Herzog cars crosses one of the many “prairie pothole” lakes found in the area just east of Cleveland, North Dakota, on the afternoon of September 1, 2018.

Not something you'd expect to see running on BNSF... a pair of DMVW SD50Fs lead an empty coal train back to home rails on BNSF's Jamestown Sub, crossing one of many no-name lakes that have formed ... (more)

A perfect matched pair of thirty year old SD50Fs fly out of a frosty winter landscape near Cleveland, North Dakota with coal empties from Spiritwood

A pair of DMVW workhorses cruise down one of the Cleveland causeways with coal empties for Falkirk. These unique covered hoppers haul coal from the mine on the DMVW north of Bismarck to a small po... (more)

Boy did I feel lucky walking back to the car after nabbing this coal empty near Cleveland, ND.

An eastbound BNSF Vehicle train rolls across the causeway west of Cleveland, North Dakota, on BNSF's Jamestown Subdivision. The eastern North Dakota countryside is dotted with Prairie Potholes (de... (more)

A trio of BNSF Green and Cream SD70MACs lead a westbound manifest freight across the causeway west of Cleveland, North Dakota, just as the sunrise breaks over the hills.

An eastbound loaded coal train crosses the causeway west of Cleveland, North Dakota, on BNSF's Jamestown Subdivision about 115 miles west of Fargo.

When I heard the whistle on this leader off in the distance, I knew it wasn't going to be orange and black up front. A rare (on this line) trio of CSX units head east with a fertilizer train near... (more)

Coal loads for Superior, WI cautiously pass by some very high water near the small town of Medina, ND.

Behind a pair of GEs, this loaded vehicle train slowly passes over one of the many causeways west of Jamestown. This train detoured on a different route in Montana hence the trip east on this mai... (more)

Westbound empties behind an SD70ACe/SD70MAC combo heads across the causeway just west of Cleveland, ND.

After meeting a couple eastbound loads in Jamestown, this westbound coal empty flies out of Cleveland, ND behind a new and old EMD. Luckily, the gray clouds stayed west for another hour...which ma... (more)

An empty coal train comes around the curve west of Cleveland and passes through one of the numerous lakes associated with the "prairie pothole" region of central North Dakota. This is just one exa... (more)