An ex-BRC cow and calf sort cars at Crystal Sugar in Crookston.

Stacks roll eastward at Snowden behind a quartet of GEs.

Nearing the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad water tower in Lusk

Two EMD leasors run the M-SUPMIN west through the abandoned station of Ojata, between Powell and Emerado, en route to the east siding switch at Lakota. The bridge over the Freshwater Coulee is und... (more)

It's just after sunrise when the first coal train of the morning greets me with a pair of BNSF and CITX GEs winding through this S curve at Newcastle.

This week's version of the Warroad Local gets underway and heads out of the MNN's yard toward BNSF's Grand Forks Subdivision.

After spending three years working the "Pembina Gorge Route," ILSX 1392 has finally received a proper Dakota Northern logo for under its cab windows. Its identical twin, ILSX 1391, likely has also... (more)

Southbound with mid-morning commuters, DART 135 cruises through the Corinth Street grade crossing and rounds the curve at Parker Street. The tower at the Dallas Convention Center on the southwest ... (more)

CSRR's Santa Special heads back west toward the museum at Calera.

Exagerated by the telephoto effect, the snowfog from the Noyes to Dilworth manifest seems to be engulfing the entire rear of the train, leaving the dome of the Trail County Courthouse, four miles ... (more)

MNN 901 sorts cars at Crystal Sugar in Crookston.

A manifest from Northtown Yard to Dore, ND, heads south over the old Snowden lift bridge on the former Yellowstone Valley Railroad. The lead unit looks a bit different from when I last saw it.

With a H2 Dash 9 now in the mix, brand new ES44C4s once again pass through the BNSF Dilworth Terminal with a long string of piggybacks.

A GEVO, a blank CTE, and an ex-SP AC44 poke through a short tunnel on the north side of Echo Canyon as they pull coal loads upgrade.