BNSF 8206 Thompson 19 Dec 06
Classic northern plains coal power from the mid-2000s hustles a Clay Boswell empty south on the Hillsboro Sub through the town of Thompson, ND.
So this was the coal scene when I moved to North Dakota in 2005. It would stay pretty consistent over the next year and a half or so until the AC-powered units started displacing these older DC-powered workhorses.
Interestingly, BNSF 8206 would be the last SD75 Warbonnet I'd catch leading a coal train in the summer of 2008 before leaving North Dakota for good in early 2009.
BNSF 8206 Thompson 19 Dec 06
Classic northern plains coal power from the mid-2000s hustles a Clay Boswell empty south on the Hillsboro Sub through the town of Thompson, ND.
So this was the coal scene when I moved to North Dakota in 2005. It would stay pretty consistent over the next year and a half or so until the AC-powered units started displacing these older DC-powered workhorses.
Interestingly, BNSF 8206 would be the last SD75 Warbonnet I'd catch leading a coal train in the summer of 2008 before leaving North Dakota for good in early 2009.