Coal loads destined for Alma, WI battle the stiff grade through the North Dakota Badlands at the famed location of Sully Springs.

One of the most popular places to photograph trains in North Dakota is from this hill in the Bad Lands. The story behind this photo is a little more involved than I walked up the hill and waited f... (more)

A favorite place in North Dakota for many to photograph trains is Sully Springs. The tracks here run through the very scenic Badlands on the outskirts of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Cool... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern freight trailed by two cabooses slinks around the curves through the Badlands west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on July 27, 1992.

Three EMD SD60Ms bracket a lone SD40-2 on an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train passing milepost 143 just west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 10, 1991.

A Burlington Northern coal train curves its way east past milepost 143 just west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 9, 1991. Two EMD SD60Ms and two EMD SD40-2s, all dressed in Cascade green... (more)

3 BNSF SD70ACe's elephant style power a westbound coal empty through the North Dakota Badlands, seen here at Sully Springs,ND on July 31, 2012.

3 CN units lead a BNSF eastbound manifest through the North Dakota Badlands at Sully Springs,ND on 7/31/12. This is the second time I have caught a BNSF train led by another railroads pool power a... (more)

A pair of BNSF ES44AC's power a eastbound coal load up the grade through the North Dakota Badlands at Sully Springs,ND on 7/31/12.

A Burlington Northern freight heads west through the scenic Badlands of North Dakota at Sully Springs on the afternoon of June 29, 1994. Leading the train is a former Southern Railway GP30 rebuilt... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern coal train grinds through the “s” curve at milepost 143 just west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on the morning of August 10, 1991. Three new SD60Ms bracket a... (more)

The sky lights up late in the day as BNSF 4839 leads with a duo of Norfolk Southern units through the Badlands of North Dakota near Sully Springs.

BNSF 9306 leads empty coal hoppers through the North Dakota Badlands which lies in the Bakken Oil Fields.

A coal load for Cohasset, MN snakes through the badlands of ND behind a SD70ACe.

A little red, white and blue . . . an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train snakes through the curves at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on June 29, 1994. The train is led by specially-painted SD6... (more)