A loaded, 100+ car 'earthworm' train is in notch 8 as it accelerates from zero to 50mph. You can see the cloud of heat distortion from it's exhaust as it passes another train holding the siding.

BNSF's secondary routes were extremely congested after a derailment at Lake Park, MN on the Minneapolis-Fargo main line. A second train on the same track is visible in the background, just past t... (more)

Another unit grain train exits off the Hillsboro Sub and onto the Devil's Lake Sub after picking up the region's best crew at the Amtrak station. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 6385
Train ID: G-RUTTAC
Photo Date: April 04, 2006