Having left its tankers at the end of this spur, the Mill Job prepares to take its covered hoppers back out to the main track to do some more work.

Grain empties for Alton, ND, are tugged out of Grand Forks by a trio of H2 Dash 9s. The daily manifest from Northtown Yard would soon be meeting the train at Thompson.

When first arriving on the scene, the GP60M was the pride of Sante Fe's Superfleet hauling hot intermodal trains on the Transcon between Los Angeles and Chicago, but look at how times have changed... (more)

A quartet of widecab EMDs in elephantine fashion leads an empty coal train south out of Grand Forks. Note that the three trailing SD70MACs all have different logos on the cabside; one unpatched BN... (more)

A typical H2 Dash 9 and a horrid looking H1 counterpart are in the lead of this earthworm heading from the Minnesota Northern Railroad at Crookston, MN, to the west coast.

A grain train behind a faded and putrid Pumpkin heads west late in the day. If you look to the right, you can see the South Local coming in off the Hillsboro Sub...a rare sight to catch a double ... (more)

Aside from the SD40-2, there's no better profile on a Class I railroad today than that of EMD's SD9. Seen here in classic Cascade Green and punting cars as the West Lead in the Grand Forks Yard o... (more)

This Scale Test Car, still in Burlington Northern markings, is 72-years old, believe it or not! Just think of all the history this little thing's seen in its lifetime. Learn more at Railroad: Burlington Northern Railroad
Locomotive: Scale Test Car
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BN 979004
Train ID: ****
Photo Date: February 18, 2008

The daily Grand Forks, ND - Northtown, MN manifest heads south in blowing snow. Arctic high pressure systems are known for their crystal clear blue skies, but what's overlooked is that when they ... (more)

The Amtrak station may be to the right, but the incapacitated AMTK 23 isn't headed in that direction. In reality, it (along with two other Amtrak locomotives) is uncoupled from the rest of the more)

A beleaguered Empire Builder pulls around the west leg of the wye at West Grand Forks and into the depot to pick up and drop off approximately 25 passengers. At this point, the train is a... (more)

After setting AMTK 23 out in the Grand Forks Yard because of a main resevoir pressure failure after a collision with a vehicle, AMTK 65 was put in charge, wye'd, and it is seen here leading a 15-h... (more)

It's a bad day for this conductor of the Empire Builder. His train started out 7 hours late, then met a pickup truck near Shawnee, ND. Now, the train's managed to limp to Grand Forks, and h... (more)

Two SD40-2s lead the thrice weekly Minot - Superior manifest east toward the yard on a cold February morning. Shortly after this photo was taken, the eastbound Empire Builder, running 7 hou... (more)

After a brief stop at the station, a 12-hour late Empire Builder leaves Grand Forks southbound in a hurry.