BNSF 8230 Moorhead 31 Aug 07
BNSF 8230 leads the H-LINDIL (Lincoln, NE - Dilworth, MN) off of the Moorhead Sub at Moorhead JCT in Moorhead, MN and across the KO Sub and onto the Prosper Sub.
At first glance, with this being the mid-2000s, you would think this was a coal train given the power. But since it was mid-2007, some of the DC-powered coal units were finding their way onto other trains. These two were a surprise to see as I had heard the DS calling this train with a FURX unit up front, so I was expecting a SD40-2 on the point, but that unit was third in the consist.
Moorhead JCT here was the premiere place to catch action in the Fargo-Moorhead area. This shot it looking east toward the Dilworth Yard. The double track mains going away from me are the KO Sub, part of BNSF's northern transcon. The train is coming off the Moorhead Sub which is part of the Great Northern's old transcon. The train is entering the Prosper Sub which leads to the Fargo Yard. However, this train would clear the diamond and then back down the KO Sub into the DIlworth Yard. Sometimes, though, the H-LINDIL would come off the Moorhead Sub and onto the KO Sub using the tracks in the right foreground and then back into the yard...I never could figure out which route it would take.
Looking at my notes for this shot, I caught 3 trains here in a 14 minute span: an eastbound Otter Tail Valley train heading east, the H-NTWGFD heading out of the yard and up the Prosper Sub for Grand Forks, and this Warbonnet-led beaut...
BNSF 8230 Moorhead 31 Aug 07
BNSF 8230 leads the H-LINDIL (Lincoln, NE - Dilworth, MN) off of the Moorhead Sub at Moorhead JCT in Moorhead, MN and across the KO Sub and onto the Prosper Sub.
At first glance, with this being the mid-2000s, you would think this was a coal train given the power. But since it was mid-2007, some of the DC-powered coal units were finding their way onto other trains. These two were a surprise to see as I had heard the DS calling this train with a FURX unit up front, so I was expecting a SD40-2 on the point, but that unit was third in the consist.
Moorhead JCT here was the premiere place to catch action in the Fargo-Moorhead area. This shot it looking east toward the Dilworth Yard. The double track mains going away from me are the KO Sub, part of BNSF's northern transcon. The train is coming off the Moorhead Sub which is part of the Great Northern's old transcon. The train is entering the Prosper Sub which leads to the Fargo Yard. However, this train would clear the diamond and then back down the KO Sub into the DIlworth Yard. Sometimes, though, the H-LINDIL would come off the Moorhead Sub and onto the KO Sub using the tracks in the right foreground and then back into the yard...I never could figure out which route it would take.
Looking at my notes for this shot, I caught 3 trains here in a 14 minute span: an eastbound Otter Tail Valley train heading east, the H-NTWGFD heading out of the yard and up the Prosper Sub for Grand Forks, and this Warbonnet-led beaut...