Metallurgical coal from Canada's Crowsnest Pass bound for Chicago area steel mills heads eastward on the HiLine, seen here following the Missouri River near its confluence with the Yellowstone. Th... (more)

BNSF westbound Z train curves around Camp Disappointment near Meriwether,MT during Altamont weekend 2004.

Westbound passes a grain elevator on the high plains of North Dakota west of Minot

A westbound BNSF local passing the grain elevator.

A mixed freight waits in the siding on the ex Great Northern Railroad.

A BNSF stack train starts to head west after waiting in the siding at Rudyard. This was once the Great Northern mainline that ends up running through Glacier Park.

An overpowered stack train makes its way through the new grade in downtown Detroit Lakes, MN.

While the Northern Pacific crossed the Sheyenne River on their massive bridge at Valley City, the Great Northern did the same with their own impressive structure some 25 miles north at Luverne. H... (more)

Under Montana`s big sky, a BNSF manifest freight rolls east across the high plains through the small township of Devon.

A nice looking Heritage I unit leads a colorful stack train through the Wing River sag just west of Verndale.

RP.net contributor Bryant Kaden sets up for his shot of eastbound coal loads at KO Junction.

1. Well, the trip starts here, at least railroad wise. My little railfan adventure started after a 1/2 day of work Friday, February 26th, 2010. I departed Eau Claire, WI with my Trailblazer fully ... (more)

6. After over 200 miles of driving I finally found a train just west of Wolf Point, MT with just the last of the hoar frost still left. Now traveling west on Highway 2 I will see a few fast moving... (more)

7. Another eastbound makes some time. This is the 2nd train of the day that I see as the morning light has pretty much burnt off. A deer was on the tracks grazing just a minute before this train c... (more)

8. The sun burns the frost of the frozen plains as a BNSF worm train (grain) slices sky from the land.