A southbound (eastbound) Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western coal train passes a small dam on Painted Woods Creek just west of Merida, North Dakota, on August 28, 2018. DMVW SD50F Nos. 5454 and 5418... (more)

Trundling along the shore of a prairie lake on August 28, 2018, a southbound Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western coal train gets underway after departing Coal Creek Junction passing through Falkirk,... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” approaches the town of Garrison, North Dakota, on the afternoon of August 30, 2018.

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” slowly passes milepost 503 as it passes through Underwood, North Dakota, on August 31, 2018. Powering the train is DMVW SD50F Nos. 5439 and 5... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “corn train” rounds the horseshoe curve south (east) of Merida, North Dakota, on August 29, 2018. The empty train has recently departed Blue Flint Ethanol... (more)

Working southbound on the Missouri Valley Subdivision, Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” arrives at Washburn, North Dakota, on August 28, 2018. The train is led by DMV&W No. 6... (more)

It’s pouring rain on the afternoon of August 27, 2018, as Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” passes milepost 490 between Coleharbor and Garrison, North Dakota, crossing the l... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s coal train crosses the bridge over Turtle Creek between Washburn and Merida, North Dakota, on August 28, 2018.

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” is southbound crossing the long causeway separating Lake Sakakawea from Lake Audubon on this section of the Missouri River backed up by the G... (more)

DMVW corn train running northwest on trackage rights over the BNSF to Bismark, ND. The corn train runs from Wishek, ND to an ethanol plant near Falkirk, ND.

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s eastbound “corn train” is crawling through the curves passing milepost 381 west of Braddock, North Dakota, on August 30, 2018. Two of DMVW’s SD60Fs powe... (more)

A mile out of Flaxton ND where the DMVW interchanges with the CPR, a 100+ car train crosses the prairie with fields of yellow blooms.

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s wayfreight departs Wilton, North Dakota, on August 27, 2018. Leading the train is one of DMV&W’s former Canadian National EMD SD50F cowls, No. 5408, which i... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” trundles through Washburn, North Dakota, in a light rain on August 27, 2018.

On the afternoon of August 31, 2018, Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” passes milepost 490 crossing the long causeway separating Lake Sakakawea from Lake Audubon on this secti... (more)