BNSF 2086 & 1993 returning to Aurora with the 431 local.
A trio of EMD locomotives sit on the servicing tracks in Willmar as yet more snow falls on an early March day. A GE can be seen getting a spin on the turntable in the distance on the left.
With several local jobs fanning out in all directions on most weekdays, Willmar continues to be a haven for older EMDs. A couple of sets of them sit near the sanding tower on a nice fall afternoo... (more)
The sun is just peaking over the horizon as the South Local hustles past the Merrifield grain elevator.
The region's recent rainfall has both the Red River and the drainage ditches high as the Drayton Local rolls northward out of Grand Forks.
The first day of December 2009 find BNSF's Madison Local east of its namesake town and on its return trip to Sioux Falls.
BNSF Sioux Falls to Madison turn crosses the falls of the Big Sioux River at Sioux Falls. This is former Great Northern trackage.
BNSF Madison Turn passing through Crooks en route to service the ethanol plant at Wentworth.
Northward BNSF Madison Turn is halfway through its run from Sioux Falls to the ethanol plant at Wenworth as it passes through the farm country south of Chester on a fine September evening.
