BNSF 8301 creeps through Hillsboro to take the siding for a meet with two northbounds just south of town.
Empty Clay Boswell coal leaves the town of Hillsboro in the background as it accelerates south...
BNSF's last SD75I leads Clay Boswell empties out of the yard in Grand Forks for a run south on the Hillsboro Sub.
If it's going to be a leaser, at least it's in Cascade Green rather than Pumpkin I. M-SUPMIN westbound late in the day.
FURX 7934 leads a short Superior - Minot manifest westbound through Emerado. Learn more at Grand Forks Railfanning<... (more)
Drastic changes in the weather up here, but still the only green to be seen is Cascade Green on ex-BN units, like this leaser westbound on the Devil's Lake Sub.
BNSF 7135 looks a little weird when viewed through a telephoto lens pulling a long string of baretables south on the Hillsboro Sub. Learn more at Railroad: BNSF RailwayLocomotive: EMD SD40-2Location: Thompson, North Dakota, USALocomotive #: BNSF 7135Train ID: B-GFD???Photo Date: March 26, 2006
A more and more familiar scene up here: baretables. With a load on the main, BNSF 7135 hooks up to more baretables on the siding in the tiny town of Thompson.
The EMD parade continues as BNSF 8282 and an HLCX leaser lead more baretables south on the Hillsboro Sub.
Triplet SD60s are accelerating Clay Boswell coal empties to track speed and away from Grand Forks southbound (RR east).
Quadruplet SD40-2s hurtle this grain train east toward the yard for a crew change before continuing east on the Grand Forks Sub.
Charging westbound toward Fisher for a 3-way meet, BNSF 8236 and a Warbonnet provide the power for empty Clay Boswell coal.
A Noyes Local crewmember manually throwing the switch in Fisher for a meet with eastbound Clay Boswell coal loads...
Fresh. Shiny. New. And what the heck is it doing heading westbound with empty coal in North Dakota?!?
Wasting no time climbing the grade out of the Red River Valley, brand new BNSF 5884 leads the usual suspects on the point of a re-routed empty Clay Boswell coal train.
