Plenty of power leads a long manifest freight heading out of Grand Forks after Amtrak trains clear out of the way.

An Amtrak heritage unit is second out as a massively late eastbound Empire Builder rolls into Grand Forks. The train will pull onto main 1, facing into town, before backing out and entering... (more)

A very clean H3 geep leads BNSF's daily Grand Forks - Drayton job south into Grand Forks North Dakota. Although I am thrilled that this job usually has a matching pair of cascade units for power, ... (more)

An ill-sounding bluebird leads the way as the Mayville Local quietly rolls back into Grand Forks.

After Amtrak clears off to the south, the daily local gets underway behind a duo of cascade green. The snow on the ground would not last for another month.

The three heritage paint schemes are in proper order as the Grand Forks to Northtown manifest accelerates southward toward Fargo.

Back when it looked like North Dakota may actually have a real winter, a freight unit lends a hand to a very late eastbound Empire Builder accelerating southward out of Grand Forks.

An interesting trio of EMDs head west out of Grand Forks North Dakota. Being from Union Pacific territory, seeing almost exclusively EMD power on coal trains is a little odd for me.

A former BN GP35 which used to run as head power on high priority trains out west now serves as a RC unit in Grand Forks North Dakota. Built for UP in 1962, who would have thought that this unit w... (more)

An interesting EMD three pack leads this BNSF Coal train west through Grand Forks. I thought the arrangement of the units was quite interesting, as the heritage of the paint schemes appear chronol... (more)

North Dakota Mill, the largest flour mill in the United States, and the only one that is state-owned, towers over the 3404 as it goes about its switching.

A pair of cascade green geeps leads the Devils Lake Local eastward on the return trip into Grand Forks. It is rumored that BNSF will soon resume through-traffic operations on this line. Currently ... (more)

A one-unit coal empty rolls westward through downtown on a pleasant afternoon.

Though it may not look like it, the lead unit is actually the only former ATSF motor here as a short manifest rolls southward into the setting sun on a blustery first day of 2012.

A post-ATSF 75M and an Oakway 60 lead a Dilworth-bound manifest slowly out of town.