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Viewing Album:  Road trip on the Milwaukee Road/BNSF Mobridge, Hettinger and KO Subs and other misc pictures.
 
By:Tom Dethmers
Dates:1/1/1982 - 3/2/2012
Album Info:As a BNSF dispatcher, I am allowed an occasional trip on the territories that I work, and these are some of the shots I took along the way.
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Westbound Z
Title:  Westbound Z
Description:  We headed in/out at Juanita as a westbound Z held the main.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 9:44:55 AM
Location:  Juanita, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Track,Action
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Rollby
Title:  Rollby
Description:  The conductor gives us a close eye as we pass in the siding.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 9:48:40 AM
Location:  Juanita, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4792(C44-9W)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Signal work
Title:  Signal work
Description:  At the ESS Juanita, workers are busily putting the new signal equipment together.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 9:49:58 AM
Location:  Juanita, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
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Views:  114   Comments: 0
Grain Elevators
Title:  Grain Elevators
Description:  At Sutton, we pass another elevator.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 9:52:02 AM
Location:  Sutton, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
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New grain loop
Title:  New grain loop
Description:  At east Hannaford, a brand new loop had not even opened yet, and construction of the track was going full swing.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 9:55:37 AM
Location:  Hannaford, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
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Our train from the ground.
Title:  Our train from the ground.
Description:  While we waited for the westbound, I took a shot of the 6824 on our Z train.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 10:01:28 AM
Location:  Hannaford, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  BNSF 6824(ES44C4)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
Westbound Z
Title:  Westbound Z
Description:  Another westbound Z heads at us on the way to Minot.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 9:56:55 AM
Location:  Hannaford, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5122(C44-9W)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
ESS Hannaford
Title:  ESS Hannaford
Description:  Kind of a complex intersection where the spur to Dazey heads south, and the old line to Binford used to head north. The south line used to head to Rogers and eventually to the Jamestown Sub.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 9:59:01 AM
Location:  Hannaford, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
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Views:  129   Comments: 0
The big bridge
Title:  The big bridge
Description:  East of Karnak, ND we passed over the largest bridge on the line which crosses over the north end of Lake Ashtabula. This can be a very, windy place and it blew part of a westbound Z train off the bridge about 5 years earlier.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 10:04:17 AM
Location:  Karnak, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Bridge,Track,Action
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Views:  63   Comments: 0
Bridge
Title:  Bridge
Description:  Over the bridge, and heading to Luverne
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 10:05:51 AM
Location:  Karnak, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Bridge,Track,Action
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View of the lake
Title:  View of the lake
Description:  As we pass over the bridge, you can see quite a view of Lake Ashtabula.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 10:07:12 AM
Location:  Karnak, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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WSS Luverne
Title:  WSS Luverne
Description:  Not alot at Luverne, but the old signals and one of the few curves between Minot and Dilworth!
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:41:09 AM
Location:  Luverne, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Track,Action
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Views:  75   Comments: 0
Going through the lake
Title:  Going through the lake
Description:  Another lake that was bisected by the railroad between Luverne and Pillsbury.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:42:40 AM
Location:  Luverne, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Track,Action
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
Pillsbury, ND
Title:  Pillsbury, ND
Description:  Going through the small town, there was an active elevator that received alot of business here, and just recently a new 115 car unit loop opened up here.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:44:18 AM
Location:  Pillsbury, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Track,Action
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Views:  72   Comments: 0
WSS Nolan
Title:  WSS Nolan
Description:  As we arrived Nolan another westbound awaited us and informed us that we had a car with brake issues. Our condr spent the next hour or so checking out the car and doing the long hike.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:46:32 AM
Location:  Nolan, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Action
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Views:  75   Comments: 0
Train catches up to us.
Title:  Train catches up to us.
Description:  While dealing with the brake issue at Nolan, the previous train we had passed at Brantford caught up to us and pulled into the siding to either pass or wait.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:48:11 AM
Location:  Nolan, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5229(C44-9W)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Prosper Sub
Title:  Prosper Sub
Description:  After getting our problem fixed, we proceeded east and took the big curve south to Casselton and you can see the Prosper Sub heading to west Fargo about 35 miles ahead. This used to be the route of the GN Empire Builder.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:50:29 AM
Location:  Nolan, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Track,Action
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Views:  69   Comments: 0
Ayr, ND
Title:  Ayr, ND
Description:  As we were running out of sunlight, we passed the busy elevator at Ayr.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:52:23 AM
Location:  Ayr, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Track,Action
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Views:  63   Comments: 0
Absaraka, ND
Title:  Absaraka, ND
Description:  And our last meet of the day in the hole at Absaraka, and not much else here besides the track/train!
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:54:33 AM
Location:  Absaraka, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Track,Action
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Diverging Approach
Title:  Diverging Approach
Description:  At the approach to Casselton and the double track, the signal tells us we will be crossing over to main 2 shortly.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:55:56 AM
Location:  Casselton, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
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Views:  73   Comments: 1
Onto Fargo
Title:  Onto Fargo
Description:  The last shot I got was entering the KO/Jamestown Sub as yet another train awaited us on main 1 as we headed the last 20 miles into Fargo and Dilworth Yard. I worked 2nd trick on this job for 4 years.
Photo Date:  2/28/2012  Upload Date: 12/21/2016 9:57:51 AM
Location:  Casselton, ND
Author:  Tom Dethmers
Categories:  Station,Track,Action
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Views:  58   Comments: 0

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