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3/28/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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BNSF 9372
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
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9372(SD70ACe) TFM 1600(SD70MAC) BNSF 9910(SD70MAC)
Views:  942   Comments: 0
CSX 4772
Title:  CSX 4772
Description:  The westbound CSX-Pasco, WA merchandise train crosses over to main 2 in Hawley to let a Z-train behind it on main 1 pass by. Notice that this is technically a "CSY" locomotive.
Photo Date:  11/22/2006  Upload Date: 11/26/2006 11:02:19 AM
Location:  Hawley, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  CSX 4772(SD70MAC)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
BNSF 8802
Title:  BNSF 8802
Description:  An empty coal train (BNSF E-SUDATM) from Superior, Wisconsin is sitting on main one near Waverly third in line to get into the Lincoln Yard about 15 miles away.
Photo Date:  5/25/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:47:07 AM
Location:  Waverly, NE
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8802(SD70MAC)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
BNSF 8807
Title:  BNSF 8807
Description:  The DPU at the end of an eastbound coal train passes through the lush Yellowstone River Valley
Photo Date:  7/11/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:20 AM
Location:  Hysham, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8807(SD70MAC)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
BNSF 8838
Title:  BNSF 8838
Description:  The rear end of an empty coal train (BNSF E-BSBCDM) from Big Stone City, South Dakota cruises past a rural crossing to the east of Marmarth, North Dakota. Once a bustling city of over 1,000 due to being a division point on the Milwaukee Road's mainline to the Pacific Northwest and housing a yard with a roundhouse and turntable, Marmarth today, with a dilapidated downtown and a declining population of about 100, is a shell of its former self.
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:33:24 AM
Location:  Marmarth, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8838(SD70MAC)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
BNSF 8847
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
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8847(SD70MAC)
Views:  860   Comments: 2
BNSF 8864
Title:  BNSF 8864
Description:  An empty coal train taking the seldom used route from Cohasset, MN to the mines blows up a little bit of freshly fallen snow as it comes across the Mississippi River bridge in Brainerd. With about 12 inches of snow on the ground and a temperature at the time of 12F, it certainly was a beautiful Christmas Eve.
Photo Date:  12/24/2007  Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:38:28 AM
Location:  Brainerd, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8864(SD70MAC)
Views:  370   Comments: 1
BNSF 8890
Title:  BNSF 8890
Description:  The rear end of a empty coal train (BNSF E-SUDNAM) from Superior, Wisconsin cruises past the crossing at the eastern end of Bloom, North Dakota. Although few people have ever lived in Bloom, the townsite is significant for marking the beginning of a 13 mile stretch of double track that runs through Jamestown to Eldridge.
Photo Date:  5/16/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:33:18 AM
Location:  Bloom, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8890(SD70MAC)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
BNSF 8890
Title:  BNSF 8890
Description:  The rear end of an empty coal train (BNSF E-SUDNAM) from Superior, Wisconsin is headed in exactly the right direction to pass by the appropriately-named Main Line Agronomy Center, a 27-car grain elevator in downtown Eldridge, North Dakota.
Photo Date:  5/16/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:33:19 AM
Location:  Eldridge, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8890(SD70MAC)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
BNSF 8892
Title:  BNSF 8892
Description:  Near the dying town of Judson, North Dakota, a loaded coal train (BNSF C-SCMSUD) bound for Superior, Wisconsin negotiates the first of many S-curves it will see on its way to Mandan, about 20 miles to the east.
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:33:25 AM
Location:  Judson, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8892(SD70MAC) BNSF 8184(SD60M)
Views:  511   Comments: 1
BNSF 8899
Title:  BNSF 8899
Description:  Just before reaching the Mandan yard to change crews, the BNSF 8899 crosses the Missouri River, next to which many trees have begun to change colors
Photo Date:  10/1/2005  Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:22:47 PM
Location:  Bismarck, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8899(SD70MAC)
Views:  1426   Comments: 0
BNSF 8916
Title:  BNSF 8916
Description:  An empty coal train moves slowly across the diamonds in Moorhead as a track inspector (whose truck is on the right) waits to work on them
Photo Date:  2/4/2006  Upload Date: 6/6/2006 7:53:27 PM
Location:  Moorhead, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8916(SD70MAC)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
BNSF 8932
Title:  BNSF 8932
Description:  An empty coal train cruises over the Mississippi River bridge in Brainerd. Many thanks to BNSF for recently cleaning up the graffiti on the side of the bridge!
Photo Date:  7/29/2008  Upload Date: 8/11/2008 4:52:09 AM
Location:  Brainerd, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8932(SD70MAC) BNSF 9483(SD70MAC)
Views:  516   Comments: 2
BNSF 8947
Title:  BNSF 8947
Description:  Due to a derailment 15 miles up the line at McKenzie, this empty coal train was parked in the siding at Driscoll until the main could be reopened
Photo Date:  7/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:14 PM
Location:  Driscoll, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8947(SD70MAC)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
BNSF 8975
Title:  BNSF 8975
Description:  An empty coal train with an eclectic mix of locomotive paint schmes (BNSF H2, ATSF warbonnet, BN cascade green, and BNSF swoosh) comes into the small town of Hebron
Photo Date:  10/1/2005  Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:22:45 PM
Location:  Hebron, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8975(SD70MAC)
Views:  352   Comments: 0
BNSF 8989
Title:  BNSF 8989
Description:  Showing off a nearly complete set of shiny new hoppers, an empty coal train continues west through the plains of central Nebraska
Photo Date:  7/22/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:29 AM
Location:  Hazard, NE
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8989(SD70MAC)
Views:  384   Comments: 0
BNSF 9414
Title:  BNSF 9414
Description:  A loaded coal train passes by Patterson Lake, a reservoir created when a dam was placed in the nearby Heart River.
Photo Date:  7/18/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:24 PM
Location:  Dickinson, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9414(SD70MAC) BNSF 9468(SD70MAC) BNSF 5681(AC44CW)
Views:  654   Comments: 1
Two DPUs
Title:  Two DPUs
Description:  The last car on a loaded coal train gliding through Glendo was, appropriately enough, the highest numbered locomotive on the BNSF, the 9999
Photo Date:  7/21/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:23 AM
Location:  Glendo, WY
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9453(SD70MAC) BNSF 9999(SD70MAC)
Views:  943   Comments: 0
BNSF 9495
Title:  BNSF 9495
Description:  An eastbound coal train with 3 locomotives in the BN "exectuive" scheme goes past the Dickinson dam west of town
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:05 AM
Location:  Dickinson, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9495(SD70MAC)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
8 EMDs and 1 GE
Title:  8 EMDs and 1 GE
Description:  It looks like a GE locomotive has backed into an all-EMD gathering
Photo Date:  7/22/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:28 AM
Location:  Alliance, NE
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8217(SD75M) BN 9518(SD70MAC)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
BNSF 9542
Title:  BNSF 9542
Description:  A westbound empty coal train with a brand new SD70ACe in its consist passes by Tower City
Photo Date:  7/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:15 PM
Location:  Tower City, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9542(SD70MAC)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
BNSF 9542
Title:  BNSF 9542
Description:  Due to a derailment 65 miles up the line at McKenzie, this empty coal train was forced to stop on the main at Windsor and await further instructions from the dispatcher
Photo Date:  7/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:15 PM
Location:  Windsor, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9542(SD70MAC)
Views:  401   Comments: 1
BNSF 9542
Title:  BNSF 9542
Description:  An empty coal train partly in Brainerd, Minnesota and partly in Baxter, Minnesota continues west into the light of a pleasant July evening. Brainerd's tallest building and sole "skyscraper," the North Star Apartment complex, can be seen in the background.
Photo Date:  7/13/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 4:56:03 AM
Location:  Brainerd, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9542(SD70MAC)
Views:  393   Comments: 3
BNSF 9647
Title:  BNSF 9647
Description:  After only about 5 years and a few thousand miles of traveling, I finally met up with the one-of-a-kind BNSF 9647. Here it is in Stratford, Texas at the end of a coal train (BNSF C-ATMMLT) passing over the crossing between the BNSF Boise City Subdivision and the UP Pratt Subdivision.
Photo Date:  5/23/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:42:28 AM
Location:  Stratford, TX
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9647(SD70MAC)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
BN 9651
Title:  BN 9651
Description:  In what must be a locomotive without a/c, an engineer is taking a nap. Since this locomotive is an end-of-train helper, his job won't begin for another 30 miles at Fryburg, where helpers are uncoupled and brought back to Glendive, MT
Photo Date:  7/18/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:19 PM
Location:  Sentinel Butte, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BN 9651(SD70MAC)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
BNSF 9673
Title:  BNSF 9673
Description:  A nice, clean BN executive locomotive leads a westbound empty coal train around the sharp curve just outside of Mason City
Photo Date:  7/22/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:31 AM
Location:  Mason City, NE
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9673(SD70MAC)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
BN 9694
Title:  BN 9694
Description:  An unpatched BN locomotive leads an empty coal train past the sagebrush and badlands common to this area of Montana
Photo Date:  7/18/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:20 PM
Location:  Glendive, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BN 9694(SD70MAC)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
BN 9713
Title:  BN 9713
Description:  An empty coal train passes the historic (but no longer operational) water tower in downtown Brainerd
Photo Date:  8/13/2005  Upload Date: 5/27/2006 2:17:10 PM
Location:  Brainerd, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BN 9713(SD70MAC)
Views:  474   Comments: 1
BNSF 5790
Title:  BNSF 5790
Description:  A southbound coal train (BNSF C-RWMOKO) crosses over a nearly dry creek as it approaches the small town of Cactus, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/23/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:42:37 AM
Location:  Etter, TX
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5790(ES44AC) BNSF 9729(SD70MAC)
Views:  441   Comments: 1
BNSF 9731
Title:  BNSF 9731
Description:  Another BN SD70MAC that's had its front BN emblem ripped off brings up the rear of an empty coal train (BNSF E-SUDATM) that's just passed through Granite Falls, Minnesota.
Photo Date:  5/26/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:49:54 AM
Location:  Granite Falls, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9731(SD70MAC)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
BNSF 9736
Title:  BNSF 9736
Description:  The rear helper does its best to shove the final third of a loaded coal train up the hill at Sully Springs.
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:08 AM
Location:  Sully Springs, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9736(SD70MAC)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
BNSF 9745
Title:  BNSF 9745
Description:  After receiving permission from the UP dispatcher to proceed, a southbound BNSF coal train (BNSF C-ATMMLT) rolls up to the crossing of the BNSF Boise City Subdivision and UP Pratt Subdivision in Stratford, Texas. One of the DPUs on the rear of this train was the one-of-a-kind BNSF 9647.
Photo Date:  5/23/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:46:56 AM
Location:  Stratford, TX
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9745(SD70MAC)
Views:  382   Comments: 2
BNSF 9748
Title:  BNSF 9748
Description:  This coal train has just begun to pick up speed as it starts going downhill in Parkman
Photo Date:  7/20/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:18 AM
Location:  Parkman, WY
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9748(SD70MAC)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
BNSF 9813
Title:  BNSF 9813
Description:  The H-DILLIN is overshadowed by the ADM elevators in Sioux City, Iowa as it sits south of the yard waiting for a crew to bring it to Lincoln, Nebraska.
Photo Date:  5/26/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:49:55 AM
Location:  Sioux City, IA
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9813(SD70MAC)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
BNSF 9831
Title:  BNSF 9831
Description:  An empty coal train cruises past the Terry Badlands and alongside the Yellowstone River as it continues west through eastern Montana.
Photo Date:  7/11/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:16 AM
Location:  Terry, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9831(SD70MAC)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
BNSF 9837
Title:  BNSF 9837
Description:  An empty coal train passes alongside the wide, but shallow Yellowstone River as it continues west.
Photo Date:  7/11/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:18 AM
Location:  Hathaway, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9837(SD70MAC)
Views:  828   Comments: 3
BNSF 9839
Title:  BNSF 9839
Description:  A coal train (BNSF C-CAMSLP) with locomotives belching out a steady stream of smoke as they struggle uphill to the high point of the BNSF/UP Joint Line round the curve going through Palmer Lake, Colorado.
Photo Date:  5/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:38:03 AM
Location:  Palmer Lake, CO
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9839(SD70MAC)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
BNSF 9852
Title:  BNSF 9852
Description:  Coal loads (BNSF C-SCMSUD) going to Superior, Wisconsin meet coal empties coming from Superior at Ladoga, one of the few sidings along the ex-Northern Pacific main line through North Dakota where little or no development has ever occurred.
Photo Date:  5/16/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:33:20 AM
Location:  Ladoga, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9852(SD70MAC)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
BNSF 9857
Title:  BNSF 9857
Description:  Coal empties begin rolling north late in the day following a routine crew change at the former Burlington Northern yard in Trinidad, Colorado. The unmistakable Fishers Peak Mesa looms large in the background.
Photo Date:  5/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 1:38:03 AM
Location:  Trinidad, CO
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9857(SD70MAC)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
BNSF 9860
Title:  BNSF 9860
Description:  The two locomotives on the front work hard to bring their train up the hill coming into Glendo
Photo Date:  7/21/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:21 AM
Location:  Glendo, WY
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9860(SD70MAC)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
BNSF 9269
Title:  BNSF 9269
Description:  With a 9-unit consist that should appeal to any EMD fan, a westbound empty coal train from Superior, WI heads through western Minnesota. Models represented here include 2 SD60Ms, 2 SD60s, 2 SD40-2s, 1 SD70MAC, 1 SD75M, and 1 SD9043MAC
Photo Date:  11/22/2006  Upload Date: 11/26/2006 11:02:21 AM
Location:  Hawley, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9269(SD60M) BNSF 9882(SD70MAC) EMDX 9022(SD60) BNSF 8205(SD75M) EMDX 9090(SD60) CEFX 123(SD9043MAC) BNSF 9292(SD60M)
Views:  1819   Comments: 3
BNSF 9906
Title:  BNSF 9906
Description:  An unusual train on this line consisting entirely of empty ore cars moves across the Mississippi River bridge in Little Falls, Minnesota.
Photo Date:  7/9/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 4:53:21 AM
Location:  Little Falls, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  BNSF 9906(SD70MAC)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
BNSF 9910
Title:  BNSF 9910
Description:  The tail end of a loaded taconite train fresh from Keetac in Keewatin moves down BNSF's heavily forested and remote Casco Sub in northeastern Minnesota.
Photo Date:  8/2/2008  Upload Date: 8/11/2008 4:51:32 AM
Location:  Hibbing, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9910(SD70MAC)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
BNSF 9914
Title:  BNSF 9914
Description:  Westbound coal empties start down the curve in the tracks that leads to the Mississippi River bridge. Downtown Brainerd, Minnesota's historic water tower is evident on the left.
Photo Date:  7/14/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 4:56:02 AM
Location:  Brainerd, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9914(SD70MAC)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
BNSF 9947
Title:  BNSF 9947
Description:  An empty coal train cruises past the Terry Badlands and alongside the Yellowstone River as it continues west through eastern Montana.
Photo Date:  7/11/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:15 AM
Location:  Terry, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9947(SD70MAC)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
BNSF 9952
Title:  BNSF 9952
Description:  A rail laying project forced this loaded coal train to have to stop on the main about 2 miles from the Wyoming/Nebraska border
Photo Date:  7/21/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:22 AM
Location:  Torrington, WY
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9952(SD70MAC)
Views:  390   Comments: 1
BNSF 9956
Title:  BNSF 9956
Description:  Just as the sun is about to set for the day, an empty coal train, sparkling clean following earlier rain storms in the area, rounds the curve to the west of Dickinson.
Photo Date:  7/9/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:00 AM
Location:  Dickinson, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9956(SD70MAC)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
BNSF 9956
Title:  BNSF 9956
Description:  A westbound empty coal train heads toward the pot of gold as it basks in sunlight following a brief, heavy downpour. The clouds in the background were a part of a big storm system that spawned a few severe thunderstorms in the area.
Photo Date:  7/9/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:18:59 AM
Location:  Gladstone, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9956(SD70MAC)
Views:  455   Comments: 1
BNSF 9956
Title:  BNSF 9956
Description:  A westbound empty coal train basks in sunlight following a brief, heavy downpour. The clouds in the background were a part of a big storm system that spawned a few severe thunderstorms in the area.
Photo Date:  7/9/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:04 AM
Location:  Gladstone, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9956(SD70MAC)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
BNSF 9958
Title:  BNSF 9958
Description:  A faded pumpkin (BNSF 9958) leads an empty coal train past the skyscraper of Perham - the Tuffy's pet food factory
Photo Date:  3/13/2005  Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:30:14 PM
Location:  Perham, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9958(SD70MAC)
Views:  500   Comments: 0


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