Northern Pacific FP7 6510C leads train number 2 near Dickinson North Dakota in 1956. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An eastbound Burlington Northern coal train changes crews in front of the depot at Dickinson, North Dakota, on the morning of August 10, 1991. BN’s fleet of SD60Ms were initially concentrated on... (more)

Just as the sun is about to set for the day, an empty coal train, sparkling clean following earlier rain storms in the area, rounds the curve to the west of Dickinson.

A loaded coal train passes by Patterson Lake, a reservoir created when a dam was placed in the nearby Heart River.