The westbound Empire Builder flies west out of Petersburg, ND just as the sunrise breaks.

With her American flags whipping, SP 4449 slices eastward under the US Highway 2 overpasses east of Petersburg on her July 8th journey from Minot to Fargo, ND. Her next stop is Grand Forks for add... (more)

If it's going to be a leaser, at least it's in Cascade Green rather than Pumpkin I. M-SUPMIN westbound late in the day.

Fresh. Shiny. New. And what the heck is it doing heading westbound with empty coal in North Dakota?!?

Wasting no time climbing the grade out of the Red River Valley, brand new BNSF 5884 leads the usual suspects on the point of a re-routed empty Clay Boswell coal train.

A rare, elevated shot in North Dakota shows a nice Pumpkin I SD40-2 rolling under the Hwy 2 overpass on its way to Minot.

I'd pay $3.11/gallon for gas to get a shot like this...and I did too. BNSF 8081 and NREX 8698 lead M-SUPMIN toward the Hwy 2 overpass across the endless fields of North Dakota...