Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” passes milepost 485 on the north side of Lake Sakakawea as it approaches Garrison, North Dakota, on the afternoon of August 31, 2018.

Fill ’er up at Washburn
Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s wayfreight pauses for fuel at Wilton, North Dakota, on August 27, 2018. Leading the train is one of DMV&W’s former Cana... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western EMD SD50F No. 5439 and EMD SD40-3 No. 3134 sit inside the railroad’s compact, but capable, locomotive shop in Bismarck, North Dakota, on August 27, 2018.

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)

Canadian National train 348 has made it to the top of Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the morning of July 31, 2005. The train, led by EMD SD50F cowl No. 5444, will meet a northbound... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” slowly rolls northbound through through Baldwin, North Dakota, on August 27, 2018.

Canadian National train 348, led by EMD SD50F “cowl” No. 5444, grinds up Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the morning of July 31, 2005.

An all cowl lashup with SD50F CN 5408 leading SD50F CN 5417 and SD60F CN 5504 beside the Thompson River at Walhachin British Columbia.

It’s been raining most of the day on August 27, 2021. The imposing, battleship-gray grain elevator off Lincoln Avenue in Underwood, North Dakota, matches the somber weather as Dakota, Missouri V... (more)

Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” begins its trek across Charlie’s Lake north of Garrison, North Dakota, on the afternoon of August 30, 2018. Powering the northbound train t... (more)

A loaded DMV&W coal train rolls through the North Dakota landscape near Baldwin as they close in on Bismarck.

In the early morning, the DMV&W crew takes an empty coal train North to Coal Creek Station for loading. They're passing power for a manifest that will run later in the day.

DMVW 5408 a Ex-CN SD50F leads the Southbound DMVW wayfreight know has HDM7, through Baldwin, North Dakota.

CN SD50F no. 5450 leads a trio of former CN SD40s, now GCFX leasers, across the Fraser River at Cisco, BC. The bridge also goes over the CP main, just behind the camera location.

CN SD50F no. 5401 leads a westbound grain train through the fog at Matsqui, BC near the crossing with CP's branch from Mission City to Sumas, WA. Morning fog is not uncommon on brisk fall days in ... (more)