Burlington Northern GP30 Number 2249, former Burlington Number 972; GP9 Number 1757, former Northern Pacific Number 347; at Fergus Falls, Minnesota on May 7, 1980. Side view of Number 2249. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern GP30 Number 2249, former Burlington Number 972; GP9 Number 1757, former Northern Pacific Number 347; at Fergus Falls, Minnesota on May 7, 1980. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern SD40-2 Number 6917, built November 1973; SD40-2 Number 6918, built November 1973; two SD40-2, numbers unknown; near Fergus Falls, Minnesota with open hoppers on December 25, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.

Burlington Northern SD40-2 Number 6917, built November 1973; SD40-2 Number 6918, built November 1973; two SD40-2, numbers unknown; near Fergus Falls, Minnesota with empty open hoppers on December 25, 1981. Photo by Al Christianson.

Fergus Falls, Minnesota first in Great Northern depot looking southeast in June 1969. Photograph by Charles W. Bohi.

Fergus Falls, Minnesota second Great Northern depot in July 1980. A Todd Minsk photo, Charles W Bohi Collection

Great Northern depot at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, undated. Photograph by Norm Keyes, from the Norm Keyes Collection.

Great Northern depot at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, undated. Photograph by Norm Keyes, from the Norm Keyes Collection.

Great Northern depot at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, undated. Photograph by Robert Johnston, from the Norm Keyes Collection.