BNSF 3173 is the lead motor on the local that has just returned to Aberdeen from Mitchell, SD.
A Little Cold? BNSF 9275, 6380, and 2288 are heading for the service rack on a cold windy Sunday. Temps falling to below zero with a wind out of the north with gusts up to 40 made a mess of... (more)
The Sunday local bound for Mitchell, SD, has barely started its day here just a mile south of Aberdeen. Given the intensely flat terrain south of town, the engines often look and sound as if they'... (more)
BNSF 2354 leads the Sunday local bound for Mitchell, SD a couple miles south of Aberdeen.
An empty coal train from Big Stone City pauses in front of the former Milwaukee Road station in the Hub City before heading into the yard. Unlike most BNSF coal trains, the BSPX train will often r... (more)
The southbound local out of Aberdeen coasts toward Mitchell, SD.
One of the last operating units of this type in America, even then. We must have driven 200 miles out of the way for this one. Boy could it kick cars, just open the throttle and it loads. I thi... (more)
MILW 587 was built 11/72 (7345-2), later became SOO 587 and then WC 587.