The road switcher from the yard in Mandan sits on an industry track in Bismarck as the crew (on the ground) waits to copy a track warrant to go out on the main to do more work.
An eastbound coal train with BNSF 9206 in consist comes around the large curve in McKenzie and in so doing wraps around a 52-car Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western (DMVW) corn train stopped on that... (more)
As this 103-car eastbound coal train near McKenzie illustrates, one advantage of a flat, relatively treeless landscape like the one found near the McKenzie Slough is the opportunity to get unobstr... (more)
Was this picture of an eastbound coal train taken in Burleigh or Menoken? It's Burleigh if you ask the railroad, but Menoken if you ask local residents or consult a road map. The dual names have e... (more)
Having just picked up an extra locomotive, the crew on this empty coal train is patiently waiting for the signal at the west siding switch South Berea to clear so that they can reconnect their loc... (more)