Empty coal blasts though Thompson with BNSF's final (and dirty) SD75I.
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.
Charging westbound toward Fisher for a 3-way meet, BNSF 8236 and a Warbonnet provide the power for empty Clay Boswell coal.
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.
Unexpected coal empty re-route seen thundering westbound around the curve in Arvilla.
Brand new! Re-routed! Spanking new BNSF 5884 leads Clay Boswell empties west on the Devil's Lake Sub at track speed.
Empty Clay Boswell coal waits at the east end of the Fisher siding for a meet with a loaded eastbound. Check out the shiny new coal hoppers on this sucker!
Three SD75s stopped just shy of Emerado with re-routed Clay Boswell coal. One of these units was going to go to a stalled M-SUPMIN near Arvilla.
BNSF 8271 comes to a stop just east of Emerado. This crew is going to cut power and go help M-SUPMIN just up the tracks a ways who stalled on the little hill entering Arvilla.
A trio of EMD SD75 power hustles re-routed coal empties west on the Devil's Lake Sub in frigid 1°F temperatures (non-wind chill)!
Re-routed Clay Boswell empties accelerate west on the Devil's Lake Sub leaving Grand Forks behind.
BNSFbonnet 8281 leads Clay Boswell coal empties out of the yard for a trip south on the Hillsboro Sub after waiting for M-FARGFD to clear its warrant.
