With a weekday free and the promise of clear skies, I woke up very early to make it into central North Dakota in time to see the JY local make its trip from Jamestown toward Dilworth. After pickin... (more)
After a run across the BNSF Jamestown Subdivision from home rails in Bismarck, a pair of Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western SD50F's layover at the Great River Energy powerplant in Spiritwood, North... (more)
BNSF's Jamestown-Buffalo turn passes the old grain elevator at Spiritwood.
The daily Z train from Cicero Yard in Chicago is close on the tail of the local as it heads west out of Spiritwood.
A pair of switchers at the Cargill Malt facility off the BNSF in Spiritwood.
A pair of whiteface SD60's leads a unit coal train past the elevator in Spiritwood.
