A few years ago, I would have never believed you could find great scenery like this in North Dakota. I stand corrected...as coal empties slow to take the siding at Lyons just after leaving Mandan.
The Empire Builder flies east at 79 mph through the snow and past a new signal guarding the switch at Big Lake.
The Empire Builder dodges the long morning shadows as the crew gets it's track assignment for Coon Creek. The new crossovers and signals behind the train are in preparation for the start o... (more)
Running just a tad behind this morning (about 6 hours), the Empire Builder kicks up the overnight snow as it cruises east at 79 mph through Lincoln, MN.
The Grand Forks - BRC is pretty short today as it heads eastbound with bright yellow and blue wings in the lead.
A solid EMD consist, including a b unit, charges west with a unit vehicle train for Portland, OR.
Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train passes over the large trestle east of Hoffman as RP.net contributor Jeremiah Rindahl grabs his shot.
After meeting a northbound grain load at Ruthton, coal empties from Dairyland Electric in Alma, WI head back to the mines for another load under filtered late afternoon sun.
Just minutes after a perfect winter sunrise, Amtrak's Empire Builder flies under an old wooden bridge east of Hawley with an unusual consist today. Of note is the second locomotive, AMTK 42, paint... (more)
Five units with a GEVO in the lead pull hard on their long H train up the hill out of Morris. High Priority Merchandise, Grand Forks, ND - Galesburg, IL.
3 SD70MAC's are in the siding at Morris waiting out a westbound grain train on a cold Halloween night.
A second Twin Cities & Western train heads west near Target Field in downtown Minneapolis.
2 MN Southern units wearing Nobles Rock paint come into town with a grain empty and several ethanol empties.
An eastbound manifest heads for a meet at Murray as it leaves the summer sunset behind.
The first hint of ice has shown up on the Sheyenne River in Valley City as coal empties head west for the mines. The Northern Pacific Railroad completed the High Line Bridge over the Sheyenne ... (more)
