A pair of GE's on a St. Paul to Tacoma stack train are a wee bit lost. Its been about 100 miles since they stepped off home rails, and will be a couple hundred more before they step back on. A de... (more)

On what once was Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension, TCW 3516 clanks along with the daily Milbank Turn. Normally a 5 day a week operation, peak traffic demands runs on Saturday, as seen here.

Crossing the Nipigon Sub at Thunder Bay. (photo correction form sent)

A BNSF zipper runs like clockwork over the KO subdivision west of Fargo, ND. One obstacle, the Sheyenne River, is solved by a large steel bridge, much resembling the one about 20 miles south at V... (more)

Three types of BNSF coal power is used for this empty train as it rounds a sweeping curve just west of Lake Park. The paint on that GEVO isn't fairing too well. The end of the train can be seen ... (more)

Finding a drift was pretty difficult as it was still snowing and the plows were still waiting it out. One road just north of Alex had just gotten cleared when the 491 made a mess of things. This... (more)

The picture may show just another ordinary manifest on the BNSF, but the route this train took is far from ordinary. This train originated in Superior, WI and came down the Brainerd Sub. A line k... (more)

Coal loads bound for Superior, WI blast north through Holland behind a trio of brand new ACe's. The 9074 and 9069 bring up the front while 9070 shoves on the rear. Its slow going on this part of t... (more)

Six units head today's BRC train from Grand Forks. The four trailing SD40-2's are BNSF: 7002, 8073, 8063, and 8075.

After being handed off to the CP in St. Paul, MN, windmill blades make their way west through western Minnesota.

First train of our morning is the Twin Cities & Western transfer. Five units are tugging hard on the long train as they work their way to CP's Pigs Eye Yard.

The paint on 5877 is showing its age, but it still doesn't need help from a GE as it easily handles 22 cars a few miles north of Glenwood yard.

SOO 6060 leads a westbound around an elevated curve just east of Barrett, Minnesota. SOO only has five of these widecab SD60M's

The eastbound Empire Builder is 15 minutes ahead of being two hours late as it flies through Elk River. At the end, are several BNSF cars, some include the Marias Pass, and the Gerald Grinstein.

These three well worn EMD units have been on the JY Local for a couple weeks now. Today's train was long enough to fill out the nearly 4000 foot high bridge in Valley City, North Dakota. The br... (more)