Mixed freight from Northtown heads west through Glacier National Park on its way to Pasco, Washington on a perfect March morning in western Montana.

Mixed freight from BNSF's Northtown Yard heads west over Lake Ashtabula on its way to Pasco, Washington. Completed in 1912 by the Great Northern Railway, the Karnak Crossing passes over the Sheyen... (more)

A BNSF/UP lash up heads through Saint Cloud with an awesome crew. Note the "W" between the number boards.

After meeting the eastbound Empire Builder, the H-NTWPAS is back on the main and picking up speed in advance of Malta.

High priority merchandise from Northtown Yard heads west behind a trio of GEs.

A relatively short Northtown-Pasco manifest makes its way past the site of Springbrook on the double track that runs for 20 miles between Epping and Williston.

Two brand new locomotives, along with an older cousin, are in charge of priority merchandise from Northtown tonight.

After being overtaken by a quick Z-train nearby at Berthold, a long manifest train comes around a curve near what was once the town of Tagus.

First revenue run perhaps? You could almost smell the fresh paint on the lead unit of tonight's Northtown-Pasco.

An old blue workhorse from the Conrail era leads a short priority merchandise train up the hill west of Elk River.

A mixed bag of power charges west with 109 cars heading for Pasco, WA.

A westbound priority merchandise train from Northtown Yard to Pasco, WA fights the start of an early sunset.

One of the newest locomotives in Norfolk Southern's fleet is taking one of its first revenue runs far from home rails as it heads west into the sunset.

A long manifest train heads west through Verndale. Note the unusual set of power: a new ES44DC, a yard switcher, and an NREX (ex-ATSF,BNSF) SD45. The train was having a hard time making track spee... (more)