A nice change of pace away from H2 Dash 9 power for the H-train, an all EMD lashup powers over G.F. Switch on ABS Trackage leaving the yard. This power trio came in this morning on the M-NTWGFD w... (more)

My 3rd and 4th SD40-2s of the day depart with the M-GFDNTW on a busy morning in the Grand Cities.

Typical local power leads the South Local out of Grand Forks en route to work at Redco and points south.

The daily manifest from Northtown Yard to Grand Forks nears its final destination with rather unusual freight on the first couple of cars.

Poor Conrail! For Conrail fans like myself, this is a pretty ironic lashup for Independence Day! NS 8310, an ex-Con C40-8, splices the recipients of Big Blue as the daily H-train departs the yar... (more)

The engineer seems to be looking forward to going backward!

It was noteworthy when coal drags started appearing with all AC power up here recently, and here the daily Dilworth, MN - Grand Forks, ND manifest follows suit sporting a solid AC lashup...an ES44... (more)

After setting out 50 open top hoppers in the yard, M-SUPMIN is underway again westbound behind a trio of SD40-2s. Depending on how well this train can make time with a 40mph restriction, they'll ... (more)

A grain train sits quietly on the Passenger Main in the Grand Forks Yard. Not sure what was going on, but BNSF 5044 was completely shut down.

A couple of black visitors lead today's H-train out of the yard for a run south on the Hillsboro Sub. While it may not seem exciting to see an all-black lashup elsewhere, it's good news up here a... (more)

Ignoring the blaring horn, the wig-wag lights on the lead unit, the flashing red signals, and the lowering crossing gate, this moron in his Olds tempts fate. Even though trains are restricted to ... (more)

COB empties slink westbound through downtown Grand Forks behind a faded Pumpkin II MAC cursed with a peeling cigar band on the nose. The Grand Forks County Office Building is the structure to the... (more)

Looking straight down the west leg of the wye from the Amtrak platform, northbound coal trundles over F.O. Switch toward the yard behind a matching trio of SD70MACs.

With one operating ditch light, BNSF 2100 leads the South Local back to the Grand Forks yard.

Thanks to tie replacement on the KO Sub just southeast of Minot, another intermodal re-route turns off the Devil's Lake Sub and south onto the Hillsboro Sub. The fresh outbound crew gives me a fr... (more)