A hot 198 intermodal train coasts down the hill into Valley City, ND. Within the last few days, CP has started using distributed power on these trains. Once through the S-curve, the train will b... (more)
After finishing up a 4 train meet back in town, a very rare(for the area) FXE GEVO has its crude oil train in a race against a motorcycle on the adjacent highway 55 outside of Hoffman, Minnesota.
The 490 flies over highway 29 just north of Parkers Prairie, MN on an absolutely perfect labor day afternoon. The EMD's weren't doing much laboring today, as the train was just over 3000 feet lon... (more)
A pair of Cat geeps creep past a cut of cars in the siding at Wegdahl, MN. A couple houses and a decrepit elevator are all that can be found here, apart from an occasional TC&W train.