With spring leaves just starting to pop and the Sheyenne River slowly receding BNSF 9899 pushes a loaded coal train over the 3,860 feet (1,180 m) long Hi-Line Bridge through Valley City.
The westbound "Warren Buffett Express" with BNSF 7338, 7606, and fifteen passenger cars overtake SD70MAC 9899 near Milford, Nebraska.
Coal empties rolling off the double track on to single track south of Superior on the BNSF Lakes Sub in the late afternoon sun.
A westbound manifest makes its way past the iconic Highlands station. The head end cars are trash from NYC. The distinctive Brookfield water town can be seen in the distance. See Railroad: BNSF RailwayLocomotive: EMD SD70MACLocation: Hinsdale, Illinois, USALocomotive #: BNSF 9899Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: February 11, 2010
Some relatively new power on lowly manifest heads west.