Eastbound stacks in the trench and under one of the old wooden bridges just east of Hawley. Not long after this train passed, C. Vision Productions arrived and got to catch some of the action on ... (more)
Two Pumpkins have this vehicle train hitting the trenches east of Hawley, the third in a parade of westbounds late this afternoon.
Usually due in Grand Forks in the mid-morning timeframe, this daily manifest is running several hours late today as it coasts downhill in western Minnesota behind a mixed bag of power.
After holding at the crossover on Main 1 for almost an hour to wait for three eastbounds to clear, one of which was also on Main 1, this empty coal train accelerates down the hill. Note the third... (more)
A westbound vehicle train cuts through the countryside just east of Hawley on a hot and humid afternoon that saw traffic traversing this section of the Staples Sub at slower than normal speeds.
An eastbound manifest slowly makes it's way out of the Red River Valley on Main 2 about to pass some MoW work on Main 1 making some final fixes from a derailment that took out both mains a few day... (more)
After a long gloomy day, the sun finally came out to shed light on another BNSF stack train just east of Hawley, Minnesota. The third unit is a cabless GP60
The Greenface leads loaded coal up the grade leaving the trench and the wooden bridges east of Hawley behind. No hitch hikers in today's coal train!
Empty coal runs the trench westbound heading into Hawley behind a nice dual-window SD60M. Most of the hoppers were of the new-logo BNSF type...
A hot Z-train leaves the trench westbound and slices into Hawley as MERC coal loads head east.
Ex-demo unit EMD 3 in a nice consist leads coal empties en route to the mines.
EMD's latest power is on the point of coal empties rushing west near Hawley.
A lower priority stack train rounds the curve east of Hawley and adds some much-needed color to this otherwise barren, snowy landscape.
After four other westbounds passed through, it was finally time for the coal empties to make an appearance. Here BNSF 9966 leads new coal power and a string of DEEX hoppers late in the day.
