Western Railroad Discussion > North Dakota Trip

Some images from my recent trip through North Dakota:

#1 IC&E SD40 #6100 and a sister lead a northbound CP freight near Kenmare ND July 9 2013

#2 BNSF 5462 on the head end of an empty oil train. Gassman Coulee treslte, Minto ND July 9 2013

#3 BNSF ES44C4 #6689 gives Amtrak a hand. Des Lacs ND July 9 2013

-Trevor

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#4 BNSF 9117 on DPU duty rolls past the ex. UP tunnel motor parked on the Berthold Farms elevator track. July 9 2013 Berthold ND

#5 NS's Lackawanna heritage unit rolls into the downtown Minot yard. July 10 2013

#6 SOO GP38-2 #4431 pulls a weed sprayer train at Sawyer ND. July 10 2013



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/30/13 14:09 by tsokolan.

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#7 BNSF 5462 heads past the elevator at Des Lacs ND. July 11 2013.

#8 The Ross local works the elevator track at Ross ND. July 11 2013

#9 CP 4618 grabs some cars from the DMVW at Max, ND. July 12 2013

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#10. CP GP40 #4618 and an SD40-2 crawl upgrade east of Max ND. July 12 2013

#11 DMVW SD50F #5418 and a sister pull out of town. Max ND July 12 2013

#12 DMVW #5418 at Falkirk ND. July 12 2013

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#13 A pair of SD70MACS pull a coal train across the Missouri River. July 13 2013 Bismarck ND.

#14 coal empties near Lyons ND. July 13 2013

#15 a summer thunderstorm rolls in as the DPU of a westbound coal train rolls past. New Salem ND July 13 2013

-Trevor

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Nice shots, Trevor. Good to see you out at Amtrak that afternoon, shooting that Westbound vehicle train.

Everything looks green, so they must be doing OK on rain and or snow melt. Great shots around Minot, especially the Gassman Bridge.

What a GREAT series!

Excellent stuff!

It looks like that long reach of a cantilever signal bridge at Berthold is starting to sag already.

Daze

Great series. Looks like you had an excellent trip. I really like the last photo.

Fantastic shots, really like #1!

I am with Daze - that's one long cantilever signal bridge.

Great photos!

The photos of the train crossing the bridge at Bismarck as well as at Lyons are really nice. I've been wanting to photograph that big NP bridge for years but could not find your vantage spot last time I was there in 2006. Thinking another trip may be in order.

Brian Ambrose
Renton, WA

Did the UP tunnel motor appear abandoned or second-hand? They got rid of all T-2's several years ago.

Fizzboy7 Wrote:
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> Did the UP tunnel motor appear abandoned or
> second-hand? They got rid of all T-2's several
> years ago.

It is second hand. I believe it is lettered NREX, and is used at the Enbridge Oil Loading Facility.

GREAT set of pics!!!! Thanks for sharing.

Des Lacs is just not right without the former GN wood tank.

Thanks for posting these.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

eightandsand Wrote:
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> Fizzboy7 Wrote:
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> > Did the UP tunnel motor appear abandoned or
> > second-hand? They got rid of all T-2's
> several
> > years ago.
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> It is second hand. I believe it is lettered NREX,
> and is used at the Enbridge Oil Loading Facility.

NREX 2860 ex. UP/SP. During my visit it was parked on the elevator track next to Berthold Farm's ex. Belt Railway TR switcher.
-Trevor

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Trevor,
what a great series of photos.
Mark Mautner