Empty coal rolls westbound under Route 32 approaching Hawley on a pleasant Sunday afternoon.

A little late afternoon sun provides a nice cast on this eastbound baretable speeding out of Hawley.

Loaded coal charges into Fisher and keeps the main for a meet with a westbound empty. Another coal load would be 15 minutes behind this one.

Empty Clay Boswell coal waits at the east end of the Fisher siding for a meet with a loaded eastbound. Check out the shiny new coal hoppers on this sucker!

Late in the day, with the sun on the horizon, and paired up with a brand new coat of paint is about the only time you'll get an effect I like to call the "BN Swoosh." This westbound stack train r... (more)

Hustling westbound through West Fargo with stacks...

A couple of veteren Executive MACs split the signals near Mapleton and break the silence of the barren northern plains with empty coal loads...

Hustling away from Fargo westbound, this TOFC train has some odd power with an SD70MAC and an ex-UP piece of trash in tow.

Training-in-progress on the Superior-Minot manifest westbound leaving Grand Forks behind with a rare 4-axle leader. Also note, someone was a little vulgar in the grime on the nose...

Clay Boswell coal rolls east through E. Grand Forks on a busy day on the GF Sub...

BNSF 8226 leads a load of coal onto the balloon track at the new coal facitlity in Ardoch. The crew referred to this train as the "Ardoch Express!"

Where am I, Illinois?!? Two Norfolk Southern GEs lead this stack train westbound out of West Fargo. Lead unit is ex-LMS.

Empty coal westbound, about to cross over the Red River of the North. I didn't know which state to select; I'm standing in North Dakota and the train is still in Minnesota!

Unpatched BN Triclops leads an SD75M and SD70MAC along with a full load of coal east toward the Dilworth Yard.

Somewhat of an odd leader on the Dilworth-Grand Forks manifest train this afternoon, seen here leaving the yard west headed for the Prosper Sub and then on up the Hillsboro Sub.