BNSF 8246 Hillsboro 5 Feb 07
About 27 hours after I caught this train with full buckets in the frigid air of the Grand Forks Yard (www.flickr.com/photos/chris_paulhamus/48333693376/), it is now storming through Hillsboro, ND empty and heading south (RR west) having dumped its load at the Clay Boswell power plant near Cohasset, MN.
DC-powered coal was still somewhat common on Northern Plains coal in early 2007, but their time hauling coal was coming to a close. More and more AC units filled BNSF's roster and the SD75s, SD60Ms, and Oakways would find their way onto other mainline trains.
BNSF 8246 Hillsboro 5 Feb 07
About 27 hours after I caught this train with full buckets in the frigid air of the Grand Forks Yard (www.flickr.com/photos/chris_paulhamus/48333693376/), it is now storming through Hillsboro, ND empty and heading south (RR west) having dumped its load at the Clay Boswell power plant near Cohasset, MN.
DC-powered coal was still somewhat common on Northern Plains coal in early 2007, but their time hauling coal was coming to a close. More and more AC units filled BNSF's roster and the SD75s, SD60Ms, and Oakways would find their way onto other mainline trains.