|
Title: |
BNSF 8227 |
Description: |
The Northtown to Grand Forks manifest train comes "home" under snowy conditions and with an unusual consist: an ex-Santa Fe SD75M, an ex-BN SW1000, and a Ferromex SD40-2. The pigeons were sitting on top of grain car to the right of the locomotive before getting spooked. |
Photo Date: |
3/1/2007 Upload Date: 3/11/2007 7:47:53 PM |
Location: |
Grand Forks, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 8227(SD75M) |
Views: |
507 Comments: 2 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 5904 |
Description: |
Pillager's existence as a station dangles in the wind as a Superior, WI bound coal train passes through |
Photo Date: |
1/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/9/2007 9:42:27 PM |
Location: |
Pillager, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5904(ES44AC) |
Views: |
400 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
EMDX 758 |
Description: |
An 8-car Mayville Local has just entered track 22 at the west end of the Grand Forks yard and will be proceeding to the former roundhouse, where the locomotives will be detached and stored for another day of use. |
Photo Date: |
2/7/2007 Upload Date: 2/9/2007 9:39:59 PM |
Location: |
Grand Forks, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
EMDX 758(GP38-2) |
Views: |
428 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 9291 |
Description: |
Coal empties from Crystal Sugar's coal stockpile in Ardoch take the "passenger main" in Grand Forks' yard and cruise past the University of North Dakota's water tower and heating plant. With a temperature at the time of -20F (-29C), Grand Forks is in the midst of its 116th consecutive hour below 0F. |
Photo Date: |
2/7/2007 Upload Date: 2/9/2007 9:39:58 PM |
Location: |
Grand Forks, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9291(SD60M) |
Views: |
3850 Comments: 35 |
|
|
|
Title: |
CP 8792 |
Description: |
A short priority freight train bound for Winnipeg is just a mile away from Eden Valley as it continues west. The entire train can be seen in this photo. |
Photo Date: |
1/6/2007 Upload Date: 1/7/2007 1:04:11 AM |
Location: |
Eden Valley, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
CP 8792(ES44AC) |
Views: |
340 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 8081 |
Description: |
A southbound empty grain train negotiates the Kettle River bridge on the outskirts of Sandstone. |
Photo Date: |
11/11/2006 Upload Date: 11/29/2006 7:10:46 PM |
Location: |
Sandstone, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 8081(SD40-2) NREX 5732(SD40-2) EMDX 9040(SD60) |
Views: |
781 Comments: 2 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 9233 |
Description: |
A northbound grain train passes through the town of Askov, which, as the name on the side of the elevator suggests, is a highly Norwegian community. |
Photo Date: |
11/11/2006 Upload Date: 11/29/2006 7:09:53 PM |
Location: |
Askov, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9233(SD60M) |
Views: |
422 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 7700 |
Description: |
A near "earthworm" of a unit grain train ascends the small hill leading out of the central Minnesota town of Randall. The train evidently got snowed on as it was heading through Montana and North Dakota. |
Photo Date: |
11/25/2006 Upload Date: 11/26/2006 11:02:14 AM |
Location: |
Randall, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7700(ES44DC) |
Views: |
515 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
|
Title: |
CN 5350 |
Description: |
A long manifest train passes over the Assiniboine River as it winds its way through the heart of downtown Winnipeg. |
Photo Date: |
10/8/2006 Upload Date: 10/27/2006 11:09:33 AM |
Location: |
Winnipeg, MB |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
CN 5350(SD40-2W) CN 2437(C40-8M) |
Views: |
884 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 2873 |
Description: |
The Drayton Local, today hauling 11 grain cars, proceeds under the University of North Dakota's "hamster tube" en route to the Grand Forks yard. |
Photo Date: |
9/9/2006 Upload Date: 9/23/2006 5:59:52 PM |
Location: |
Grand Forks, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 2873(GP39M) |
Views: |
420 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
New ES44AC & SD70ACe |
Description: |
Those who enjoy the latest power from GE and EMD should head to Alliance. Both ES44ACs and SD70ACes were very common locomotive models on the BNSF in the Nebraska panhandle. |
Photo Date: |
7/22/2006 Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:30 AM |
Location: |
Alliance, NE |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9379(SD70ACe) BNSF 5873(ES44AC) |
Views: |
815 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 5873 |
Description: |
A coal train led by a new GEVO is only minutes away from being released from the yard and taken east through the sand hills of Nebraska. |
Photo Date: |
7/22/2006 Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:26 AM |
Location: |
Alliance, NE |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5873(ES44AC) |
Views: |
405 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 5916 |
Description: |
A westbound empty coal train takes the siding at East Stokes as it passes through what was once a massive tunnel. The BNSF demolished the tunnel and created the trench in 1998 in order to lengthen the siding. To read the informational placard regarding the trench and former tunnel, see http://mwmnp.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=461538 |
Photo Date: |
7/21/2006 Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:21 AM |
Location: |
Guernsey, WY |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5916(ES44AC) |
Views: |
496 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
EMD 9083 |
Description: |
In a scene the horses have probably seen countless times, a coal train with 6 locomotives (2 helpers on the rear) slowly begins going downhill after reaching the summit just outside of Parkman. |
Photo Date: |
7/20/2006 Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:20 AM |
Location: |
Parkman, WY |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
EMDX 9083(SD60) |
Views: |
788 Comments: 2 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 8847 |
Description: |
To the right of this coal train bound for Superior, WI is the Little Missouri River. The bridge going over it belongs to Interstate 94. |
Photo Date: |
7/18/2006 Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:24 PM |
Location: |
Medora, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 8847(SD70MAC) |
Views: |
864 Comments: 2 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 7646 |
Description: |
A manifest train moves east with the North Dakota badlands in the background |
Photo Date: |
7/18/2006 Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:22 PM |
Location: |
Medora, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7646(ES44DC) |
Views: |
489 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 9372 |
Description: |
A brand new SD70ACe leads a coal train east through the wheat fields of western North Dakota |
Photo Date: |
7/17/2006 Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:18 PM |
Location: |
Gladstone, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9372(SD70ACe) TFM 1600(SD70MAC) BNSF 9910(SD70MAC) |
Views: |
954 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 4406 |
Description: |
A manifest train passes by the wheat fields and hills just east of Gladstone. |
Photo Date: |
7/17/2006 Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:17 PM |
Location: |
Gladstone, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 4406(C44-9W) BNSF 5125(C44-9W) |
Views: |
491 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
Dickinson Local |
Description: |
Upon leaving the Dickinson yard, today's Dickinson local had only two cars: a boxcar for the brick factory in Hebron and a goldola for scrap metal at station sign Eagle Nest |
Photo Date: |
7/17/2006 Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:16 PM |
Location: |
Gladstone, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 2288(GP38-2) BNSF 2116(GP38AC) |
Views: |
644 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
Title: |
AGPX 6152 |
Description: |
A weary veteran of the BN (and the CB&Q before 1970), the 6152 now works at the AGP grain facility in Berea |
Photo Date: |
7/16/2006 Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:14 PM |
Location: |
Berea, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
AGPX 6152(SD9) |
Views: |
492 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 9258 |
Description: |
Three EMDs head west elephant style through central Minnesota with an empty coal train. The lead locomotive is one of a few ex-BN SD60Ms painted orange and the second locomotive is one of a few ex-BN SD60Ms still lettered for the BN. |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2006 Upload Date: 6/20/2006 11:55:40 AM |
Location: |
Staples, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9258(SD60M) BN 9208(SD60M) |
Views: |
669 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 9297 |
Description: |
The infamous BNSF 9297 leads an eastbound loaded coal train through central Minnesota |
Photo Date: |
3/25/2005 Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:30:17 PM |
Location: |
Sauk Rapids, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9297(SD60M) |
Views: |
748 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
Just Before Sunset |
Description: |
An eastbound train is about to pass the Amtrak depot in Staples with less than 20 minutes until sunset |
Photo Date: |
4/3/2004 Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:30:15 PM |
Location: |
Staples, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
|
Views: |
241 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 7764 |
Description: |
A BNSF and NS locomotive team up to take this merchandise train west. The cloud in the background is from all the snow this train is kicking up. |
Photo Date: |
2/4/2006 Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:14:47 PM |
Location: |
Hawley, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7764(ES44DC) |
Views: |
387 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 3135 |
Description: |
The M-DILLAU (Regular Manifest-Dilworth, MN to Laural, MT) passes under the signal bridge marking the beginning of the Jamestown Subdivision |
Photo Date: |
4/8/2006 Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:14:44 PM |
Location: |
Casselton, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 3135(GP50) |
Views: |
536 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
RRV&W Main Line |
Description: |
The Red River Valley & Western Railroad's main line exits the sleepy town of New Rockford and continues on into the North Dakota prairie |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2005 Upload Date: 6/6/2006 8:00:39 PM |
Location: |
New Rockford, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
|
Views: |
331 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 5076 |
Description: |
A Z-train rounds the curve coming into Hawley (note that the second unit is the BN 9670, an SD70MAC - a rare locomotive breed for a Z train) |
Photo Date: |
2/4/2006 Upload Date: 6/6/2006 7:54:28 PM |
Location: |
Hawley, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5076(C44-9W) |
Views: |
326 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BN 9208 |
Description: |
The BN 9208 heads into the siding at Hillsboro to meet another coal train heading north toward Grand Forks |
Photo Date: |
11/11/2005 Upload Date: 6/6/2006 6:26:41 PM |
Location: |
Hillsboro, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BN 9208(SD60M) |
Views: |
486 Comments: 0 |
|
|
|
Title: |
ILSX 1391 |
Description: |
The ILSX 1391, belonging to the newly formed Dakota Northern Railroad, sits by its lonesome on the main track in the railroad's home town of Grafton |
Photo Date: |
5/11/2006 Upload Date: 6/6/2006 6:14:52 PM |
Location: |
Grafton, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
ILSX 1391(GP10) |
Views: |
441 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 8238 |
Description: |
A coal train heading to Superior, WI passes along the curve in Brainerd |
Photo Date: |
6/3/2006 Upload Date: 6/6/2006 5:51:00 PM |
Location: |
Brainerd, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 8238(SD75M) |
Views: |
474 Comments: 3 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 1537 Street Running |
Description: |
In a classic scene in Brainerd, the thrice-weekly Brainerd Local takes a run down First Avenue NE on its way to the city's paper mill |
Photo Date: |
6/2/2006 Upload Date: 6/6/2006 5:54:17 PM |
Location: |
Brainerd, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 1537(GP28M) |
Views: |
727 Comments: 4 |
|
|
|
Title: |
BNSF 9293 |
Description: |
In a scene straight out of 1992 or 1993...a dual-window SD60M leads an empty coal train west through Brainerd. The stucture in the background is the city's historical water tower, otherwise known as "Paul Bunyan's flashlight." |
Photo Date: |
4/14/2006 Upload Date: 5/27/2006 2:20:12 PM |
Location: |
Brainerd, MN |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
Categories: |
|
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9293(SD60M) |
Views: |
730 Comments: 1 |
|
|
|