My first evening climb up the Belgrade Co-op elevator of 2015 yields a nice view of an eastbound crude oil train at sunset as it rolls through town and heads for a meet at Murray just east of here... (more)

An eastbound crude oil train reflects the setting sun as it rolls into Belgrade on a beautiful spring evening, viewed from the top of the Belgrade Co-op elevator with permission.

Shrouded in fog at sunrise, a westbound intermodal train rolls by a small lake on the state land west of Sedan, MN.

A long train of empty crude oil tanks accelerates out of Belgrade on a frigid February morning. The 35 mph winds are blowing the exhaust across the train, causing some neat heat distortion. With... (more)

The conductor of a westbound empty oil train alights to perform a roll-by inspection as an eastbound slowly pulls toward a red signal at Murray East and the sun sinks toward the horizon on a pleas... (more)

A westbound is in the hole in the distance at Murray as the DPU of 198 helps a healthy train of stacks toward Minneapolis on a frigid February morning.

The sun breaks the horizon as a westbound train makes its way through a 10 mph slow order for a soft spot near MP 110, most likely right next to where I was standing as the tracks creaked and groa... (more)

The searchlights at Benson are probably not long for this world, but they saw another sunrise on this morning. The West Local was having problems with them, however, as supposedly the signal in t... (more)

It's in the mid-20s ABOVE zero on a beautiful January evening as an eastbound heads toward Murray to wait for a meet.

This one's for Ben. The sun rises on the 5th anniversary of the earthquake that tragically claimed so many lives in Haiti, including a Lutheran seminarian and my friend, Ben Larson. The first tr... (more)

Just a few minutes behind another westbound, two more GEs bring a train around the curve west of Belgrade in nice early morning light.

A day of waiting paid off big time as the eastbound Watertown Local came almost directly out of the last sunset of 2014 east of Bellingham. After hours and hours of waiting for the train to leave... (more)

After my 6 year old D60's shutter motor finally gave up the ghost back in October, I'd been borrowing a friend's old D40 until I could get a replacement. My Christmas gift of a new D5300 arrived ... (more)

A break in the snow and clouds allows for a beautiful sunset as a CP train heads toward Minneapolis.

CP's Chicago-Vancouver intermodal hotshot came through town at the right time for a sunrise shot again this morning. Some frost glistens on the prairie grass as the long stack train hustles west ... (more)