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| Title: |
Local Units tied down in the Snow |
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Power for a BNSF Local sit idle in the snow. This is the first and only time Ive seen locomotives sit here when waiting to depart. |
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1/15/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:12:53 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2546(GP39-3) BNSF 1669(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
BNSF Crossing the Frozen Creek |
| Description: |
Locomotive #7657 approaching the small bridge over Oak Creek as it leads a Grainer out of town |
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1/28/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:16:34 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 7657(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
Switchers at work |
| Description: |
Border Ag Unit #2285 (former NPR) loading grain hoppers |
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2/5/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:20:33 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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| Title: |
Switchers at work |
| Description: |
Border Ag Unit 702 loading grain hoppers |
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2/5/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:21:57 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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| Title: |
BNSF 7211 & 3956 Pushing Back |
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BNSF Locomotives 7211 & 3956 moving to put together a consist on a frigid February evening. |
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2/12/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:08:57 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 7211(ES44DC) BNSF 3956(ET44C4) |
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| Title: |
Cascade Green SD60M! |
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Local featuring my "old friend 2850" and a Cascade Green SD60M picking up a covered hopper in Bottineau. |
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2/19/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:27:01 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2850(GP39-3) BNSF 1464(SD60M) |
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| Title: |
2850 leads a local into Bottineau |
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My "old friend" #2850 and a Santa Fe Super Fleet survivor (BNSF #643) pull a small local train towards the north end of Bottineau. |
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3/26/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 11:44:41 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2850(GP39-3) BNSF 643(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Santa Fe Superfleet Survivor |
| Description: |
Local fertilizer train led by an old Santa Fe-era Warbonnet Dash 9 high-tailing it out of town. |
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3/27/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:42:15 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
Fred Wedney |
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BNSF 643(C44-9W) BNSF 2850(GP39-3) |
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| Title: |
Rebuilt EMDs pulling out of town |
| Description: |
Winter made a brief return this day, and I got to see a BNSF local leave town on lunch hour amid a light snowfall |
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4/2/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:44:28 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2637(GP39-3) BNSF 2547(GP39-3) |
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| Title: |
The morning Empire Builder stopped |
| Description: |
I drove down to Rugby, ND to watch the eastbound Empire Builder fly through. I got lucky, though, because the train had to stop to let a passenger on that day. |
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4/18/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:47:14 PM |
| Location: |
Rugby, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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Passenger |
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AMTK 341(ALC-42) AMTK 351(ALC-42) |
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| Title: |
Easter Weekend Grain train |
| Description: |
This grainer showed up over Easter weekend, and left the day after the holiday. Here, its passing the south set of elevators within town. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 1:49:43 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 7061(ES44C4) BNSF 6969(ES44C4) |
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| Title: |
Easter weekend train reversing over the creek |
| Description: |
BNSF 7061 and 6969 push back across the bridge over Oak Creek to hook up to more cars |
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4/21/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 9:43:49 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 7061(ES44C4) BNSF 6969(ES44C4) |
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| Title: |
SD70ACe in Bottineau |
| Description: |
BNSF 7458 leads as 2 light locomotives moves south towards the switch just past 7th st. The second unit is 9062, the first SD70ACe I had seen in my hometown. |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 9:47:50 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 7458(ES44DC) BNSF 9062(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
Friendly engineer |
| Description: |
The engineer of this train gave me a peace sign as he rumbled past. |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 9:49:44 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 7458(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
Waiting to switch tracks |
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BNSF 9062 (right) and 7458 (left) sitting south of 7th street, waiting to push back onto a new track to begin putting together the train |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 9:54:28 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 9062(SD70ACe) BNSF 7458(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
Lining up the consist |
| Description: |
The locomotives haul the first cut of cars south. |
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5/13/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 9:59:29 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 7458(ES44DC) BNSF 9062(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
Stopped just short of the highway |
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BNSF 7458 and 9062 stopped just north of the highway, to wait for the conductor to count the cars due to heat restrictions. To my surprise, the engineer came out and chatted with my friend and I while this was happening. |
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5/13/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:02:45 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 7458(ES44DC) BNSF 9062(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
Local dropping off a single hopper in the rain |
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My "old friend" #2850 and a B40-8W (#538) drop off a single covered hopper amid a light rainfall. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:04:40 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2850(GP39-3) BNSF 538(B40-8W) |
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| Title: |
2850 leading a local down the branch |
| Description: |
My "old friend" #2850 and B40-8W #538 pulls a short train down the branchline, away from Bottineau. |
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5/14/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:11:32 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2850(GP39-3) BNSF 538(B40-8W) |
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| Title: |
SD60M in H4 |
| Description: |
BNSF SD60M #1429 & GP39-3 #2602 idling in front of the "City of Bottineau" sign. |
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6/4/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:14:02 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 1429(SD60M) BNSF 2602(GP39-3) |
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| Title: |
1429 heading south |
| Description: |
BNSF SD60M #1429 leading a local train south with the turtle mountains in the background |
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6/4/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:16:55 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 1429(SD60M) BNSF 2602(GP39-3) |
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| Title: |
SD40-2 Powered Down |
| Description: |
BNSF SD40-2 #1619 sits powered down just north of the main street crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:26:00 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 1619(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
1619 lining up cars in the shadow of the elevator |
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8/27/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:22:59 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 1619(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Fertilizer train pulling into town |
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At first, I though this was a local because of the older rolling stock, and I was confused why there was a big road diesel on it. Later, I discovered that it is a fertilizer train. |
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9/17/2025 Upload Date: 12/27/2025 12:11:43 AM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 6166(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
SD70ACe at Night |
| Description: |
BNSF SD70ACe #8751 leading a grain train into town during the night |
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9/25/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:28:41 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 8751(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
SD70ACe tailing the leader |
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The 2nd SD70ACe Id ever seen in town tails an ES44AC as they pull a grain train out of Bottineau |
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9/27/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:31:20 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 6274(ES44AC) BNSF 8751(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
ACe Over the Creek |
| Description: |
6274 and 8751 crossing Oak Creek |
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9/27/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:33:01 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 6274(ES44AC) BNSF 8751(SD70ACe) |
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| Title: |
Through Willow City |
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Just as an event was wrapping up, the same train Id watched leaving Bottineau slowly crawled through Willow City. |
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9/27/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:35:23 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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| Title: |
H1 GP Approaching Willow City |
| Description: |
I missed this train in town, so I chased it down to Willow City. |
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10/8/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:40:41 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2602(GP39-3) BNSF 2294(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Local crossing the Willow City bridge |
| Description: |
Shortly after this train finished crossing the bridge, it blew the horn 5 times in short succession and screeched a halt. Evidently, someone or something had been on the tracks. |
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10/8/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:44:46 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2602(GP39-3) BNSF 2294(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
CSX in Bottineau |
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My friend took this picture of all CSX locomotives from the town landfill, where his dad works. This was the first all-CSX train Id seen in Bottineau |
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10/21/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:47:57 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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CSX 3220(ES44AC-H) CSX 4567(SD70MAC) CSX 5389(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
CSX Pushing Back |
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This all-CSX lashup switched tracks and began to push back to hook up to the first cut of cars |
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10/21/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:49:08 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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CSX 3220(ES44AC-H) CSX 4567(SD70MAC) CSX 5389(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
Overpowered local |
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These 3 locomotives, totaling nearly 7,000hp, were put on the head of a 13-car consist. |
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11/4/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:55:52 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2294(GP38-2) BNSF 2547(GP39-3) BNSF 2546(GP39-3) |
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| Title: |
Classic EMD triple-header |
| Description: |
2 GP39-3 and a non-rebuilt GP38-2 leading a local consist to the Patterson elevator south of Bottineau. |
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11/4/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 10:57:17 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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BNSF 2294(GP38-2) BNSF 2547(GP39-3) BNSF 2546(GP39-3) |
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| Title: |
The SW1s Finally moved! |
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The 4 switcher units in Bottineau (including the old SW1s) were moved north of town for the duration of some track maintenance. My friends dad brought him right up to the locomotives for this picture. |
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11/14/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 11:01:19 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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ILSX 1366(SW1) ILSX 1367(SW1) |
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| Title: |
The SW1s back at the elevators briefly |
| Description: |
Following the track maintenance, the SW1s briefly returned to their old home by the elevators. This picture is a zoomed-in shot showing 2285 and the 2 SW1s |
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11/22/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 11:05:27 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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ILSX 1366(SW1) ILSX 1367(SW1) |
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| Title: |
The 4 switchers temporarily united at the elevators |
| Description: |
Following track maintenance, the Bottineau switchers were all brought back down to the elevators north of 5th street. This picture shows all 4 units. |
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11/22/2025 Upload Date: 12/26/2025 11:07:17 PM |
| Location: |
Bottineau, ND |
| Author: |
G. B. Falcon |
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ILSX 1366(SW1) ILSX 1367(SW1) |
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