An intact GM logo shines in the evening sun as this short H train snakes through the S curve outside of De Graff.
High Priority Merchandise - Lincoln, NE - Dilworth, MN.

Three of a kind

This is my second A-B-A lash-up in two days. EMD 3, one of only three demonstrators, is in charge of this one! A GP60B and a Bluebonnet GP60 follow making for a sweet consist.

Three GPs arrive at Benson and take the siding to meet an eastbound Herzog rock train heading for Granite Falls, MN. The crew is trying to figure out how they're going to make it up the hill near... (more)

After the work train arrives on the main, the maneuvers begin so that both the local and work train can fit into this small one-sided, 4-track yard. Canon 350D. 75-300mm.

After cresting at 37.18 feet, the 5th highest level in history, the level of the Red River when I took this photo was 34.28 feet. Compare this photo to Railroad: General Motors Locomotive Group (EMDX)
Locomotive: EMD SD60
Location: Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: EMD 9040
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 08, 2006

Unique nose herald makes an ordinary Oakway leaser stand out a bit as it hurtles Ardoch coal empties south on the Hillsboro Sub.

A short train backs out of Willow Springs Yard's small mixed freight yard (it's mainly a huge UPS facility) and out onto the mainline. With an Santa Fe caboose on the rear and a Santa Fe GP35 in t... (more)

Local power for the Crystal City Local lately is this EMDX Geep 38, which still looks good in its blue-and-white while sitting on the yard lead to the BNSF's tiny Crystal City yard. Canon 350D. 75... (more)

Triplet SD60s are accelerating Clay Boswell coal empties to track speed and away from Grand Forks southbound (RR east).

Four GPs cruise east heading for work at Cottonwood, Marshall, and finally Sioux Falls, SD before heading back to Willmar.