Eastbound Cass Lake Local breezes into Crookston ahead of coal loads with 8 cars. After some quick work, it will leave town with none. Two of the cars will be dropped on the siding next to me, a... (more)

With nothing more than a lousy eight-car local today, I decided I had to try something different.

A BN painted GP39E, a BN painted GP39M and an EMDX GP38-2 lead the westbound RCHI452 road switcher through Shabbona.

This rather unusual looking "naked" GP39E pulls through the curve and past F.O. Switch with a short freight for Dilworth, MN.

A nice BN unit is in charge of the Millsdale Local today as it passes through Joliet.

With a really short train on this morning, the South Local breezes across the drainage ditch at MP 97 en route to American Crystal Sugar near Hillsboro, ND.

Todays "junk power" shoves the local from Galesburg into GM Yard.

After spending some of the day working around Keewatin, the crew of the Kelly Lake Local has moved their train into the yard at Kelly Lake and tied it down for the night. The locomotives will be f... (more)

The Drayton Local staggers northward out of Grand Forks with the usual suspects leading the way.

The Drayton Local's pair of geeps crosses over a wooden bridge near the Minn-Dak Milling elevator north of Grand Forks.

As the engineer stares at the photographer, the Drayton Local passes under the University of North Dakota's "Hamster" tube and enters the curve back toward the yard.

As seen from the Columbia St. overpass, the Mayville Local pulls into Track 11 as the conductor and brakeman prepare to detach power. It's hard to see, but the M-DILGFD is visible under the I-29 o... (more)

Lots of signs of the Burlington Northern on today's Mayville Local as it idles away at the south end of the Mayville Subdivision. This train will make its way back to Grand Forks tomorrow morning... (more)

The Mayville Local idles crewless next to one of the grain elevators along this subdivision's namesake town. First time I've caught this twice-weekly local in town after three years of trying!

M-BRCGAL's power heads west through downtown Aurora, squeezing between buildings built right alongside the viaduct.