Grain empties head east through Morris behind one of Burlington Northern Santa Fe's best paint schemes.
Coal empties from Xcel Energy's plant in Becker are making good time west behind a trio of EMDs.
An eastbound manifest heads for a meet at Murray as it leaves the summer sunset behind.
RP.net contributor Bryant Kaden watches an empty coal train fly through the North Dakota countryside.
Priority merchandise for Kansas City, KS snakes its way into the busy yard in Willmar.
A long loaded grain train breaks the silence in downtown Clontarf, MN, population 173.
The Conductor keeps watch as as a trainee throws the switch for the Appleton Sub near the west end of Benson.
A Conductor Trainee copies a track warrant for the Appleton Sub as his unit pipe train arrives in Benson.
A pair of EMDs tug hard on their long manifest train as the bring up the tail end of a 4 train meet at Murray.
Close on the heads of 293, another westbound manifest makes good time after waiting for a meet at Murray.
A pair of GEs hustle their manifest train west after waiting at Murray for an eastbound out of Glenwood.
As the turbines spin in the background, a pair of GEs march west high above the Sheyenne River.
Priority intermodal flies across the Sheyenne River just west of Luverne as thunderstorms loom in the east.
A stiff south wind blows the exhaust of this high priority intermodal which is just a few minutes out of Northtown.
The parade of coal loads continues as one more loaded train from the Powder River Basin cruises over the Sheyenne River.