Grain loads that were handed off from the Red River Valley & Western RR at Casselton soar west near Luverne on a perfect December Sunday.

A solid train of double stacks from the west coast crosses over a frozen Lake Ashtabula on the Karnak trestle near Luverne, ND.

Having spent the better part of the day in clouds at this location, the last train we would see barely catches some sunlight on its head end as it rolls off of the large bridge over Lake Ashtabula... (more)

A westbound grain train rolls across the 100+ year old bridge the Great Northern built across the Sheyenne River valley when it constructed the Surrey Cutoff between Fargo and Minot, ND. Since the... (more)

An eastbound empty sand train crosses Lake Ashtabula near Luverne, ND behind a rainbow consist of NS and BNSF power.

Two BNSF GE's lead a westbound grain train across the large bridge over Lake Ashtabula on the former Great Northern Surrey Cutoff between Fargo and Minot, ND.

Just before sunset, priority mixed freight from Spokane, Washington to Northtown Yard in Minneapolis passes high above Lake Ashtabula behind a nice poker hand of 3 ACes.

Mixed freight from BNSF's Northtown Yard heads west over Lake Ashtabula on its way to Pasco, Washington. Completed in 1912 by the Great Northern Railway, the Karnak Crossing passes over the Sheyen... (more)

A Casselton, ND to Interbay, WA grainer crosses the Sheyenne River on a beautiful fall day. We didn't see anymore westbounds the entire afternoon, so this would end up being the last train I phot... (more)

If you need some solitude, it's hard to beat the big bridge over Lake Ashtabula near Luverne, North Dakota. After leaving I-94 at Valley City, you travel north for over 30 miles, the last 10 or s... (more)

A spiderweb for you on Halloween, although this shot was taken in June a few years ago: fog is lifting and condensation covers everything, including a spider's handiwork as a westbound BNSF interm... (more)

As the rising sun burns off some fog in the Sheyenne River valley and condensation clings to prairie grass and hundreds of spiderwebs, a westbound BNSF tank train steps onto the large bridge just ... (more)

A westbound manifest soars over the Sheyenne River valley west of Luverne, ND.

Minutes after Jeremiah Rindahl captured his stunning photo of Amtrak's detouring Empire Builder at this location, the sun is breaking the horizon and the fog is beginning to dissipate over Lake As... (more)

As the moon brings light to the very early morning over Lake Ashtabula, a long westbound BNSF Railway intermodal bangs across a 100 year old trestle built by the Great Northern Railway in 1912. W... (more)