Coal empties from Xcel Energy in Becker, MN cruise west behind a new member of BNSF's family.

Westbound coal empties slide under the wood bridge west of Hawley. The power on this train is a display of BNSF coal haulers, including a repainted SD70MAC third out in the consist.

An elevated pan shot of one of BNSF's locomotives as it climbs the grade out of the Red River valley in western Minnesota.

The railfan gods answered yesterday with a short lived sucker hole of sun just as SP 4449 passed under one of the old wooden bridges just east of Hawley. Most of MN had heavy cloud cover for most... (more)

A pair of SD70's pull Superior bound coal loads through Western Minnesota

A westbound baretable train behind a lone Dash 9 west of Lake Park.

A westbound Z train rounds a curve between Lake Park and Hawley.

A westbound stack train with an NS unit in the consist.

A bare nosed SD70MAC spews exhaust as it works to drag another load of coal out of the Red River valley east of Hawley. Click heremore)

A westbound stack train behind an ES44 and a faded Warbonnet rolls through one of the curves between Lake Park and Hawley. Things have certainly greened up a bit in this area since Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Hawley, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7466
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 16, 2009

As the last rays of sunlight turn to twilight, just the outline of a trio of SD60's and the reflecting sunlight off some bethgon hoppers are lit. The busy Staples Sub never has time to rust which... (more)

The last rays of sunlight strike a westbound manifest as it rounds a curve west of Lake Park.

An SD70MAC is pushing for all its worth in DPU service, shoving a coal train out of the Red River valley east of Dilworth, MN.

With an H1 Dash 9 on the point, a westbound stack train coasts downgrade around a sweeping curve between Lake Park and Hawley.

Four GE's tug a stack train westward. That green signal in the distance is for an eastbound manifest, which was just off to the right of this shot. Only one of two meet shots that me and fellow ... (more)