Coal loads head east over the Gull River on a very nice April afternoon. I've always wanted a shot here and today was finally the day.

New ES44C4's bring a Superior-bound coal train through Staples with a GE test car in tow. Two more of the new units are shoving on the rear, giving BNSF and GE a good look at how these A1A trucke... (more)

Near the dying town of Judson, a loaded coal train bound for Superior, Wisconsin negotiates the first of many S-curves it will see on its way to Mandan, about 20 miles to the east.

A coal train cuts through the boggy forest west of McGregor on its way east. Although much of the old jointed rail on the Brainerd Subdivision has been or will be replaced, the jointed rail in thi... (more)

To the right of this coal train bound for Superior, WI is the Little Missouri River. The bridge going over it belongs to Interstate 94.