10. The western landscape is the home of grain elevators that tower above the plains and mark the right-away of the railroads. No matter how flat the plains look to the eye, a long train can tell... (more)
11. James J. Hill stands in front of BNSF's Havre yard office building making sure no one scratches any of the vehicles in his lot.
13. The high plains have such a lonely abandoned feel to them that I love. So many structures falling apart with towns that seem to be just holding on. The only signs of life here is the race of t... (more)
14. Another building just holding on sporting a very nice yellow and red paint scheme stands between Highway 2 and another BNSF eastbound train.
15. This is it, the town of Devon. Not sure if anyone even lives here as I didn't see a soul move besides the traffic flying by on Highway 2 behind me. I am still 210 miles away from Essex, MT whe... (more)
Two warbonnets lead a manifest bound for Laurel, MT through Moorhead Jct. It's all BNSF now, but the train is on former NP rails, while the track in the foreground is the former GN line to Brecke... (more)
It's just after sunrise as the PASGAL pulls into Minot for a crew change. The Empire Builder has already arrived early for its stop at the depot and it being serviced in the background.
A westbound Z-train cruises past Tempico, site of the first siding west of Glasgow along the BNSF Milk River Subdivision. Evident in this photo is the contrast in scenery between the lush, tree-li... (more)
A speedy Z-train proceeds west through Hinsdale.
After meeting the eastbound Empire Builder, the H-NTWPAS is back on the main and picking up speed in advance of Malta.
Amtrak's Empire Builder cools its wheels in the background at the depot as grain empties from Tacoma, WA pull into Minot to change crews.
The lead locomotive on an empty grain train is making good speed through the greenery of the Milk River Valley of north-central Montana as it continues east between Zurich and Harlem.
