A loaded coal train bound for Becker, MN pauses to wait for a westbound to enter the siding at Sully Springs, conveniently in a spot where I could get as many pictures as I wanted.

A DPU pushes this grain empty into the rising sun through the west siding switch at Sully Springs.

The 2nd train this morning was this grain empty, heading for Hensler, ND for loading. Despite being a brisk 40 degrees when this was taken, the temperature would rise to a sweltering 90 degrees as... (more)

An empty oil train bound for Fryburg, ND, located only a few miles east of here, heads through the North Dakota badlands on this brisk morning. This was the last of 3 eastbounds this morning.

Before sunrise, a loaded coal train heads east through the iconic Badlands of North Dakota. This would be the first of 3 back to back trains this morning.

The rains of springtime have greened up the Badlands of North Dakota, as an eastbound BNSF coal train snakes through through the curves at Sully Springs on June 20, 2015.

A BNSF coal train makes its way through the North Dakota Badlands at Sully Springs on August 26, 2018, while eastbound on the railroad’s Dickinson Subdivision.

An eastbound BNSF coal train passes milepost 143 as it slinks through the Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 26, 2018.

Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back. I wasn't sure he was going to get sun, but he did...barely.

Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back.

BNSF ES44C4 6395 leads a loaded gravel train east over the west switch at Sully Springs, ND.

A westbound Burlington Northern coal empty is tucked in Sully Springs siding and a crewman is on the ground to make a visual inspection as an eastbound coal train approaches on the main line on th... (more)

A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD60Ms, followed by a BN SD40-2, pull an eastbound coal train through the rugged Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on October 5, 1996.

On August 26, 2018, an eastbound BNSF coal train works upgrade through the curves at milepost 143 on BNSF’s Dickinson Subdivision in the Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 26, 20... (more)

Slinking through the curves in the desolate Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, is a westbound BNSF coal train on the afternoon of June 19, 2015.