An eastbound BNSF coal train passes through the remarkable scenery of North Dakota’s badlands between Medora and Sully Springs in the glow of evening light on August 25, 2018.

A pair of SD60Ms haul a short Burlington Northern coal train past milepost 143 through the Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on the afternoon of August 9, 1991.

A westbound Burlington Northern coal empty is tucked in Sully Springs siding as an eastbound coal train passes by on August 9, 1991. The SD60Ms were new, and North Dakota was their stompin’ grou... (more)

Burlington Northern caboose No. 10037 trails eastbound empties at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 9, 1991. The locomotives of the short train have just passed the power of a coal load in th... (more)

After meeting an eastbound Burlington Northern coal load at Sully Springs, North Dakota, a westbound departs the siding on the afternoon of August 9, 1991. The empties are powered by three fresh S... (more)

Late evening in the badlands of North Dakota, finds this westbound coal empty as it approaches Sully Springs on the Dickinson Sub.

BNSF 8990 passes the east switch at Sully Springs in the late evening.

BNSF 9147 rounds a curve west of Sully Springs siding with an eastbound coal train on a chilly November day. The train is getting underway after awaiting the arrival of a westbound train at the si... (more)

A pair of helpers shove an eastbound loaded coal train up out of the badlands and the Missouri river valley.

As storms build across western North Dakota, a loaded ballast train is eastbound through the badlands on BNSF's Dickinson Subdivision.

Just before a series of storms roll through the Badlands, a westbound BNSF coal train slinks through the curves at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on the afternoon of June 19, 2015.

A westbound Burlington Northern freight passes through the North Dakota Badlands at Sully Springs on August 9, 1991. The train is powered by EMD SD40-2 No. 6926, mated with one of BN’s unique GE... (more)

Snaking through the badlands of North Dakota on the morning of June 20, 2015, is an eastbound BNSF coal train at Sully Springs.

A loaded coal train grinds uphill through Sully Springs behind a Gevo and a 70Ace.

Late in the day, two GEs lead an empty grain train uphill through the curves just north of Sully Springs.