Dust and exhaust from a loaded BNSF coal train mix with an already hazy atmosphere as the sun sets over western North Dakota.

A westbound BNSF empty unit coal train passing the grain elevator.

Westbound BNSF coal empties approach Sentinel Butte on the edge of the North Dakota badlands

In what must be a locomotive without a/c, an engineer is taking a nap. Since this locomotive is an end-of-train helper, his job won't begin for another 30 miles at Fryburg, where helpers are uncou... (more)