BNSF 9977 leads a westbound coal empty through the North Dakota Badlands, seen here just west of Medora,ND 8/4/07. Fires in Montana has made it smoky in the area.

A loaded coal train for Portage, WI heads east over a frozen creek just outside of Dassel, MN. On my way back to the car, I had a little run in with a patch of thin ice and water up to my knees...... (more)

A detour coal load headed for the Superior, Wi dock rolls past the signals at Graf. Note the cement piling's infront of the existing signals, they are from the old Q signal bridge that stood unti... (more)

Big Mac's lead an empty coal train north through CP 943, the controlled junction with the interchange track to the UP Smithville Sub.

BNSF 9977 eastbound, winds through the S-curves at Balfour Iowa with a loaded coal train, DPU assisting at the rear.