EMD 9089 Alton 16 Apr 07 - a photo on Flickriver

            EMD 9089 leads a baretable train south on the Hillsboro Sub in Alton, ND.

This was one of 5 trains I saw over a three day span that had an Oakway leading, and none of them were coal trains.  Up to this point during my time in North Dakota, these standard cab beauties were common on northern plains coal trains.  However, power distribution began to change as BNSF filled its roster with ES44ACs and SD70ACes.  The new AC power pushed the older AC power, namely the SD70MACs, north to Glendive, MT, home of the Oakways, SD60Ms, and SD75s.  With the influx of AC power, these DC stalwarts were being forced out of the coal power pool.  Back when this shot was taken, there was speculation where they'd end up as we were seeing them on pretty much everything except coal trains!

The massive grain silos here at Alton were definitely an eye-catcher along the table-flat lands of eastern North Dakota, but, interestingly, the world's tallest structure was actually not far from this spot.  At the time, the KVLY-TV Mast was just a little off to the west and stood at an impressive 2,063'!

Taken on: April 16, 2007

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Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, 33mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	33mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
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