Once upon a time in North Dakota . . . J52 pulls up to the control point at Drake and pauses to have a conversation with another local working the yard about how to make their moves.

2816 pulls into the United States at Portal, ND as they pass the abandoned turntable.

Bonus train! 2816 took a while at the border and ended up meeting 149 at Spiral, west of Kenmare. Nearly 12,000 feet of 149 is visible as it passes Middle Des Lacs Lake on the run for the border... (more)

The local from Max to Drake, ND pulls high to a cut of their 111 car train, consisting of mostly frac sand empties, into the yard at Drake. They needed the light twice to get the entire train put... (more)

2816 crossing a Soo lettered bridge just east of Barrett on the home stretch to Glenwood at the end of a marathon run of about 320 miles.

2816 stretches her legs east of Voltaire.

2816 rounds the curve at Sawyer, passing one of the new searchlights that populates this line.

2816 pulls out of it's fourth maintenance stop of the day, on top of meeting six trains, on the marathon run of about 320 miles from Minot, ND to Glenwood, MN. Here the Hudson says goodbye to Nor... (more)

Two classics meet north of Minot.

Although it's been a while since sunrise, the cool air still made for a good plume as 2816 rolls down the grade out of Anamoose.

2816 climbs the grade from the Sheyenne River after passing under BNSF's massive viaduct.

2816 rolls southeastward across the prairie at Milestone, Saskatchewan on it's last day in Canada for a few montths.

2816 crosses the Mississippi River on the short run from Humboldt Yard to St. Paul Union Station for display.

2816 gets underway at Minot on the 320-mile run to Glenwood, MN that will involve by my count six meets with oncoming trains and four maintenance stops, making for more than a full day.

1800 led a westbound train of storage flats to be placed in the passing siding at Old Fort. All of the cars would not fit so they continued west up the loops with the remaining cars for Asheville... (more)