EMD fans rejoice! A trio of EMD classics, led by forty year old BNSF 6973, hustles the daily Grand Forks, ND - Northtown, MN high priority manifest south past the grain facility in Alton. How ma... (more)

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!" If they could speak English, I'm pretty sure that's what a few of these birds would be screaming as they came dangerously close to slamming into the side of the dai... (more)

Seven units front the daily high priority Grand Forks - Northtown manifest as it leaves town for a meet in Hillsboro. The upgrade from M-train status to H-train status for the GFDNTW means a high... (more)

Ex-Burlington Northern icons in the form of a SD60M and a SD40-2 bring the daily Grand Forks, ND - Northtown, MN high priority merchandise train south into Thompson. This was a rare day in that I... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s leads a late Grand Forks - Northtown manifest south through Thompson on the heels of coal empties. BNSF 6862 is a rare snoot-nose SD40-2, but the telemash effect masks that uniq... (more)

A new KCS Southern Belle ACe pulls out of the BNSF Grand Forks Yard fronting the daily Grand Forks - Northtown high priority manifest. If this train hadn't been running several hours late, ... (more)

A Southern Belle Graces the Northern Plains. Pure class. KCS 4114 fronts an odd mix of power as it storms south with a late BNSF H-GFDNTW. KCS has raised the bar when it comes to ... (more)

A trio of EMDs lead a long Grand Forks - Northtown H-train south into Gardner, paralleling the old Great Northern pole line running the distance between The Forks and Fargo.

Classic ex-BN power leads the daily H-GFDNTW south past the grain behemoth in Alton, which sits silent on this pleasant Saturday afternoon. More info at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Alton, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 8073
Train ID: H-GFDNTW
Photo Date: April 12, 2008

From this vantage point the daily Grand Forks, ND - Northtown, MN high priority manifest looks like a ballast train, but there's planty more variety around the bend. Besides the Cascade SD40-2, w... (more)

The daily Grand Forks, ND - Northtown, MN manifest heads south in blowing snow. Arctic high pressure systems are known for their crystal clear blue skies, but what's overlooked is that when they ... (more)

Grain hoppers get loaded in Alton as a rare GP28P leads the daily H-GFDNTW south on a pleasant afternoon. Wonder why that lead unit doesn't have a snow plow up here in the winter time? More info... (more)

BNSF 1590 leads the H-GFDNTW down the siding as the South Local keeps the main in Buxton. Not sure why in a hand-thrown siding environment a High Priority manifest takes the hole while a Local ke... (more)

The morning H-train pulls south through Thompson with a rare (1 of only 10 on the roster) GP28P on the point. Looks like it might be in need of a tune up as it's putting out a steam-like plume of... (more)

BNSF 8104 blasts south through Merrifield. With the increase in HPT ratio required on this new H-train, the SD60 series may have been given a second lease on life in the northern plains region as... (more)