An eastbound BNSF freight passes the old stock pens and loaders at Toston, Montana, on June 30, 2018. The now rustic facility has dual loading shoots that appear to be spaced to load two 40-foot s... (more)

A colorful and lengthy Dilworth-bound manifest heads through Big Lake a few minutes away from sunset.

As has become the norm, the Empire Builder has crossed over to main 1 out of St Cloud to pass a number of stopped eastbounds on main 2 near Becker.

The Empire Builder is running about 6 hours behind as it flies through central Minnesota behind a BNSF leader. I knew something wasn't right when I heard the whistle in the distance.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon a Tacoma bound stack train working toward the Cascade summit steps across the Nason Creek trestle. This location is about 46 rail miles west of Wenatchee.