BNSF 8246 & 5542 lead a westbound grain train.

BNSF 8246 & 5542 westbound with a grain train.

The money shot at Winona came to fruition on my first visit, as an eastbound intermodal of unknown symbol drifts downhill after a rolling meet with a westbound.

A pair of GEVOs from both BNSF and CSX lead a manifest west through Clear Lake on the Staples Sub.

A Stockton-Chicago stack train zips along the Gallup Sub just east of East Coronado Junction.

Travelling north along the Vancouver bypass track is a loaded grain, passing along the east side of Vancouver yard.

I've always said that rail fanning is 20 percent skill, 30 percent knowledge, and 50 percent luck. Well, today was nearly all luck. After having dinner in Peach Springs, my folks and I walked out ... (more)

BNSF 8246 + 8252 + 6824 + 8228 appraoch Clearmont WY with an eastbound manifest.

A sharp warbonnet dodges the late evening shadows as it heads west with empties from Xcel Energy in Becker.

Empty coal elephants creep through Hillsboro for a 3-way meet with two northbounds. The mushroom cloud in the background is from American Crystal Sugar, which is partially responsible for two uni... (more)

BNSF 8246's engineer braves the ambient -10°F air as he walks back to the cab after doing a quick inspection on one of his units. The steam in the background is from the UND power plant which ju... (more)

The Warbonnet red of this eastbound coal train contrasts starkly with the wintry surroundings and -10�F temps not counting the wind chill as it blasts through the tiny town of Fisher, MN.

A DAPX train led by an SD75M and two Oakways burst into sunlight as they round the curve near the old Hwy 10 overpass near Lincoln

A study in Cigar Bands, or rather, a hot eastbound stack train with the H2 GE passing loaded coal with an ex-ATSF Warbonnet. Stacks, coal, and the grain elevator in the background show the types o... (more)

Loaded coal waits in line to depart Dilworth with the Dilworth Yard in the background. BNSF 8246 is waiting for an eastbound stack train to leave first, which can be seen directly behind in the ya... (more)