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Title: |
RRV&W Main Line |
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The Red River Valley & Western Railroad's main line exits the sleepy town of New Rockford and continues on into the North Dakota prairie |
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6/10/2005 Upload Date: 6/6/2006 8:00:39 PM |
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New Rockford, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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334 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 2764 |
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Being that Jamestown is known as the "buffalo city," it's really only appropriate that one of the locals that serves the town is called the "buffalo turn" |
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6/10/2005 Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:22:47 PM |
Location: |
Jamestown, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 2764(GP39E) |
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494 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 8899 |
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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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BNSF 8899(SD70MAC) |
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1452 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 8249 |
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A long, fully-loaded coal train makes its way through the barren landscape of southwestern North Dakota |
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10/1/2005 Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:22:46 PM |
Location: |
New Salem, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 8249(SD75M) |
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516 Comments: 0 |
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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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BNSF 8975(SD70MAC) |
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369 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
ILSX 1391 Roster Shot |
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 6:16:15 PM |
Location: |
Grafton, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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ILSX 1391(GP10) |
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761 Comments: 3 |
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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 |
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ILSX 1391(GP10) |
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449 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 479688 |
Description: |
A shuttle grain train is parked on the balloon track at CHS's shuttle grain elevator in Milton, North Dakota |
Photo Date: |
9/28/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:02:02 AM |
Location: |
Milton, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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221 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
ILSX 1001 |
Description: |
The GP10 belonging the North Central Grain Coop's 130-car shuttle grain train loading facility in Bisbee rests in the sun on a pleasant fall day in northern North Dakota. |
Photo Date: |
9/29/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:02:03 AM |
Location: |
Bisbee, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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ILSX 1001(GP10) |
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1727 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
ILSX 1366 |
Description: |
The resident SW1s of the Bottineau Farmers Elevator 110-car shuttle loading complex lounge around on a nice Saturday afternoon during the peak of the grain harvest season in Bottineau. |
Photo Date: |
9/29/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:02:04 AM |
Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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ILSX 1366(SW1) ILSX 1367(SW1) |
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552 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
ILSX 1366 |
Description: |
The resident SW1s of the Bottineau Farmers Elevator 110-car shuttle loading complex lounge around on a nice Saturday afternoon during the peak of the grain harvest season in Bottineau. |
Photo Date: |
9/29/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:02:04 AM |
Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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ILSX 1366(SW1) ILSX 1367(SW1) |
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763 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Westhope Local |
Description: |
Consisting of just two locomotives, the Westhope Local comes up to a cluster of golden Cottonwood trees as it approaches Willow City and the 3-man crew prepares to do some work at the town's grain elevator. |
Photo Date: |
9/29/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:02:05 AM |
Location: |
Willow City, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 2872(GP39M) BNSF 2161(GP38) |
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541 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Westhope Local |
Description: |
With the brakeman visible on the ground, the Westhope Local does some work at the Willow City grain elevator. Out of the 5 cars, the local would end up picking up 2 (to bring back to its home terminal of Minot) and leaving behind the other 3. |
Photo Date: |
9/29/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:02:06 AM |
Location: |
Willow City, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 2161(GP38) BNSF 2872(GP39M) |
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689 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Rolla Local |
Description: |
The Rolla Local staggers along at 10 mph with 21 cars bound for the elevator in Cando. The cars will come to as a surprise to the elevator's manager, as he was not expecting any new cars to come on this day. |
Photo Date: |
9/29/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:02:01 AM |
Location: |
Churchs Ferry, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 2972(GP39V) |
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491 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Rolla Local |
Description: |
The Rolla Local reaches its final destination of the Cando Farmers Grain & Oil Elevator in Cando. It's taken the crew about an hour and a half to travel the 15 miles between here and Churchs Ferry (where the Rolla branch meets up with the Devils Lake mainline), but their day isn't done yet - they'll spend over an hour here, in one of the more interestingly named cities in North Dakota, attaching and detaching grain cars. |
Photo Date: |
9/29/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:02:02 AM |
Location: |
Cando, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 2972(GP39V) BNSF 2963(GP39V) |
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674 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7752 |
Description: |
A unit grain train rumbles west on the former Great Northern transcon, still affectionately referred to by the BNSF dispatchers and crews out here as the "hi-line." The grain elevator and water tower in the background represent the small town of Page. |
Photo Date: |
10/27/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:04:37 AM |
Location: |
Page, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 7752(ES44DC) |
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398 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 9131 |
Description: |
Two Norfolk Southern locomotives lead a manifest eastbound just south of eerily quiet and dying town of Erie. |
Photo Date: |
10/27/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:04:38 AM |
Location: |
Erie, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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NS 9131(C40-9W) |
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369 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 1100 |
Description: |
An H1 painted locomotive is in the lead of a Z-train west of Luverne, North Dakota and near the almost abandoned town of Karnak. |
Photo Date: |
10/27/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:04:39 AM |
Location: |
Karnak, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 1100(C44-9W) BNSF 949(C41-8W) |
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486 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7711 |
Description: |
The second of two westbound unit grain trains running back-to-back enters the siding at Pillsbury to let two higher priority eastbounds pass. Pillsbury is another one of those fascinating North Dakota cities where a visitor feels like he has just taken a time machine back to 1954. |
Photo Date: |
10/27/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:04:40 AM |
Location: |
Pillsbury, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 7711(ES44DC) |
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389 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7752 |
Description: |
Although not quite as long or as tall as its Northern Pacific relative 30 miles downstream in Valley City, the bridge that the Great Northern built to cross the Sheyenne River west of Luverne, North Dakota is still mighty impressive. Here a unit grain train can be seen moving across the bridge and over the river's deep blue water. |
Photo Date: |
10/27/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:04:40 AM |
Location: |
Luverne, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 7752(ES44DC) |
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493 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7842 |
Description: |
Two veteran SD40-2s lead a short vehicle train through a harvested field east of the town of Karnak, whose current population can be counted with one hand. |
Photo Date: |
10/27/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:04:41 AM |
Location: |
Karnak, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 7842(SD40-2) CEFX 3128(SD40M-2) |
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393 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 4601 |
Description: |
The daily manifest train from Laurel, MT to Dilworth, MN has a KCS locomotive in the lead as it crosses the Maple River in Mapleton. |
Photo Date: |
10/28/2007 Upload Date: 7/18/2008 3:04:42 AM |
Location: |
Mapleton, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 4601(C44-9W) |
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360 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mayville Local |
Description: |
The Mayville Local pulls into its namesake city on a pleasant Friday afternoon. The crew will spend some time switching industries in town before tying the train down, resting, and getting back aboard early the next morning to head toward the yard in Grand Forks. |
Photo Date: |
4/18/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:41 AM |
Location: |
Mayville, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 2021(GP38-2) |
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463 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 6729 |
Description: |
A stack train with two SD40-2s continues into the setting sun and across the final portion of the Great Northern's bridge across the Sheyenne River west of Luverne, North Dakota. |
Photo Date: |
4/18/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:38 AM |
Location: |
Luverne, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 6729(SD40-2) BNSF 8027(SD40-2) |
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466 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 6729 |
Description: |
I'm nearly up to my head in dried out grass from the previous summer as a stack train with two SD40-2s moves across the first third of the bridge that the Great Northern built across the Sheyenne River west of Luverne, North Dakota. |
Photo Date: |
4/18/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:38 AM |
Location: |
Luverne, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 6729(SD40-2) |
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455 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Sunset |
Description: |
A hot Z-train continues southeast across an empty field near Karnak, North Dakota as the setting sun bathes it in a fiery hue. |
Photo Date: |
4/18/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:37 AM |
Location: |
Karnak, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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217 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 764 |
Description: |
A priority Z-train sails across the high bridge across the Sheyenne River west of Luverne, North Dakota. Although this bridge, built by the Great Northern, isn't quite as long or as high as its well-known Northern Pacific cousin crossing the Sheyenne about 30 miles dowstream in Valley City, it is nevertheless pretty impressive. |
Photo Date: |
4/18/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:39 AM |
Location: |
Luverne, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 764(C44-9W) |
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404 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
KCS 4100 |
Description: |
Far from home rails, a marvelously colorful KCS "southern belle" is in the lead of a shuttle grain train on one of BNSF's branch lines in North Dakota. |
Photo Date: |
4/18/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:40 AM |
Location: |
Colgate, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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KCS 4100(SD70ACe) |
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988 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
KCS 4100 |
Description: |
A loaded grain train fresh from the Finley shuttle elevator about 14 miles away has a magnificent lead locomotive in the form of a KCS "southern belle" SD70ACe. You think the Canadian Geese were impressed by the colorful locomotive as well? |
Photo Date: |
4/18/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:41 AM |
Location: |
Hope, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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KCS 4100(SD70ACe) BNSF 5482(C44-9W) BNSF 1049(C44-9W) |
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806 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Jamestown Local |
Description: |
Though you need to squint to see the entire Jamestown Local spread out on the famed bridge the Northern Pacific built across the Sheyenne River in Valley City, North Dakota, it should be pretty apparent how imposing the 3,860 foot long structure is and how far away you have to be to get it in one camera frame. The Great Northern built a shorter, but highly similar, bridge about 30 miles upstream from here near Luverne. A larger version of this photo can be found at http://flickr.com/photos/mwahlsten/2435228314/ |
Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:34 AM |
Location: |
Valley City, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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426 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BNSF 4081 |
Description: |
The rear end of a loaded grain train continues west through the gently rolling countryside of east-central North Dakota. |
Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:35 AM |
Location: |
Hannaford, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 4081(C44-9W) |
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337 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 5062 |
Description: |
After taking the siding in town to meet a grain train, a stack train continues southeast with Hannaford, North Dakota at its back. Note the snow still sticking around in the trench despite a few days with temperatures above 60F (16C). |
Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:37 AM |
Location: |
Hannaford, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 5062(C44-9W) |
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370 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 5943 |
Description: |
A loaded coal train passes over the famed bridge the Northern Pacific built across the Sheyenne River in Valley City, North Dakota. The Great Northern built a shorter, but highly similar, bridge about 30 miles upstream from here near Luverne. |
Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:33 AM |
Location: |
Valley City, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 5943(ES44AC) |
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329 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7738 |
Description: |
If you want a trackside view after passing on, the Hannaford, North Dakota Cemetery might be the perfect place for you. The train pictured here is a westbound stack train on BNSF's busy KO Subdivision. |
Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:34 AM |
Location: |
Hannaford, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 7738(ES44DC) |
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359 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 7773 |
Description: |
A loaded grain train passes by an isolated mailbox as it continues west along the busy, but yet also very lonely, ex-GN Hi-Line in North Dakota. |
Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:36 AM |
Location: |
Hannaford, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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BNSF 7773(ES44DC) |
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300 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 8643 |
Description: |
CP train 292 rolls past a field of dried out grass from the previous summer as it continues southeast toward the Enderlin, North Dakota yard. |
Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:31 AM |
Location: |
Courtenay, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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CP 8643(AC44CW) |
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359 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 8827 |
Description: |
The CP 498 negotiates the wall of the Sheyenne River Valley as it passes around Valley City. This train spent about 45 minutes in Valley City after losing its air due to a broken hose. |
Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:32 AM |
Location: |
Valley City, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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Locomotives: |
CP 8827(ES44AC) |
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481 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Over/Under |
Description: |
The BNSF's H-NTWLAU begins going across the long bridge the Northern Pacific built across the Sheyenne River in Valley City as the tail end of the CP's 498 passes underneath on that railroad's Carrington Subdivision. |
Photo Date: |
4/19/2008 Upload Date: 7/19/2008 12:57:32 AM |
Location: |
Valley City, ND |
Author: |
Mitch Wahlsten |
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400 Comments: 0 |
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