An eastbound Z-train passes just in time to open up the photo angle for an empty Wisconsin Electric Power coal drag heading to get reloaded.
The eastbound Empire Builder lays down some exhaust as it flies across the Staples Sub just east of Frazee. The train was over three hours late today, making this daylight shot possible.
3 motors back onto a westbound Z train after picking up an extra motor for the mountains ahead
Three shiny new ES44C4s on their first revenue run lead the Z-CHCPTL2-21 past the diamonds in Moorhead. These ES44C4s are essentially ES44ACs, but instead of having 6 traction motors, they have 4,... (more)
Westbound Grain Train on the roller coaster section of the Hiline Sub. across the plains between Havre & Shelby
Trio of GE's handle a stack train passing by the Staples Depot.
Eastbound grain etys just off Marias Pass after early season snow
BN 8085 leads an eastbound approaching Spotted Robe, Montana.
Coal loads meet coal empties as back light provides the exhaust plume to be higlighted. The coal empty snuck up on me... I heard a distinct roar of two more EMD's and looked over my shoulder, sur... (more)
With a windchill factor of around 45 below zero, Amtrak is running several hours behind schedule, making a normally rare appearance in western Minnesota during the day. Brutal winter weather has ... (more)
It's cold, real cold, in Browning, MT, but that's not enough to keep the BNSF from going about it's duties. Here a westbound freight has taken the siding and cut off from it's train to pull west ... (more)
Eastbound Empire Builder meets a westbound grain loads.
After overtaking a slow manifest train nearby at Berthold, a fast-moving Z-train rounds a curve in a hilly area near what was once the town of Tagus.
After being overtaken by a quick Z-train nearby at Berthold, a long manifest train comes around a curve near what was once the town of Tagus.
A loaded grain train on its way to Washington rounds a nice curve between Palermo and Stanley.