After waiting for around 3 hours in siding at Urbana for a westbound fleet, this loaded coal train finally heads east towards Dilworth. Here the train crosses the massive bridge over the Sheyenne ... (more)

With a perfect trio of Burlington Northern cascade green leading the way, the JY Local cruises east over the nearly 100 year old Hi-Line trestle that spans the Sheyenne River at Valley City.

A pair of DP units shoves on the back of this Superior to Deck Mine empty coal train on the Jamestown Sub. The train is crossing the massive bridge over the Sheyenne River at Valley City. The brid... (more)

A lone Dash 9 shoves on the back of this loaded grain out of Alberta, MN, that is westbound on the Jamestown Sub. The train is crossing the massive bridge over the Sheyenne River at Valley City. T... (more)

Northern Pacific High Line Bridge #64: Just after sitting down to fish, the silence of a quiet Sunday morning is shattered by a Westbound coal empty heading for another load. Soaring 162 ft... (more)

Grain loads from New Salem, ND cast a near perfect reflection on the calm Sheyenne River as they soar over the Valley City Trestle.

Best view in the house. Who has it, however, is up for debate. Is it me with my camera, the crew on the train, or the homeowner on the hill. Regardless, the normally mundane scenery of eastern Nor... (more)

These three well worn EMD units have been on the JY Local for a couple weeks now. Today's train was long enough to fill out the nearly 4000 foot high bridge in Valley City, North Dakota. The br... (more)

An A-B-A set of GPs roll west across the impressive Valley City bridge on their way to Jamestown, ND.

A BNSF grain train crosses above the Sheyenne River Valley and the town of Valley City on the former Northern Pacific Hi-Line Bridge, completed in 1908.

Coal empties from Xcel Energy's generating station in Becker, MN sail over the Sheyenne River as a brilliant prairie sunset casts the last light of the day.

A BNSF coal load ultimately bound for American Crystal Sugar in Ardoch, N. Dakota; led by units from both major manufacturers soars high over the impressive 162-foot tall trestle that spans the Sh... (more)

BNSF's JY Local crosses the 3,860' long, 162' high bridge over the Sheyenne River with five SD40-2s and 124 cars. Not the kind of local I am used to... but one of my favorite photos of the trip.

It was a day of eastbounds, which worked to our advantage on the ex-NP Jamestown Sub but hosed us in the afternoon on the ex-GN KO Sub. A Glendive, MT to Northtown, MN key train brings up the rea... (more)

A westbound BNSF empty coal train rolls across the impressive Valley City bridge. The train is headed up by a BNSF SD70MAC, and a CSX AC60CW. In the foreground is the Sheyenne River.