The trailing NS unit belches smoke as M-GFDNTW accelerates out of Grand Forks with the South Local close behind.

BNSF 1597 and EMDX 762 lead the South Local out of Grand Forks on the tail of the M-GFDNTW.

BNSF 4695 receives clearance from the Grand Forks Yardmaster to bring its Peavey grain train south and into the yard on a cool but pleasant Monday evening. Minn-Dak Milling provides a nice backdr... (more)

Two SD60Ms lead a dead SD75M, a dead SD75I, and Clay Boswell coal empties out of Grand Forks as the conductor gives me a friendly wave.

Light power accelerates out of Grand Forks on its way to Alton to pick up a unit grain train.

Right at sunset, high priority merchandise from Grand Forks to the Belt Railway of Chicago departs the yard and heads for the Hillsboro Subdivision.

M-SUPMIN crosses over the Red River of the North late in the day.

A nice and non-faded ex-Conrail C40-8W as seen through the yard's turntable idles the morning away. It's always nice to see Conrail Blue way up here!

Another all-AC powered coal train brings Clay Boswell loads into the yard on a pleasant Sunday morning after two straight days of rain. BN 9694, the same unit I caught a few days prior, runs seco... (more)

Unpatched BN glory hits the crossover leaving the yard with empty Clay Boswell coal.

A sweet unpatched Executive MAC on the point of an empty COB train waits for the M-DILGFD to clear off the Hillsboro Sub before departing.

The West Lead in the form of Swoosh'd BNSF 3702 heads onto the east leg of the wye to do some work at the Henningsen Cold Storage facility along the Hillsboro Sub. The West Lead has recently repl... (more)

Empty Clay Boswell coal pulls west out of the yard behind a duo of SD70MAC power, an increasingly common sight up here with more ACes and ES44ACs showing up on BNSF's roster.

While it looks like it from this angle, this is not a coal train. It's the daily Dilworth, MN - Grand Forks, ND manifest being led by a matched pair of Bluebonnet SD40-2s.

The daily high priority manifest from Grand Forks to Galesburg, IL, passes a unique remnant of this area's railroad history. The sign is a warning that, before digging, due to an underground cable... (more)