These photos were taken by my friend Jerry on Tuesday. They’re wild enough that I just had to post them here. His email said:

Driving to Minot yesterday and at Coleharbor the Soo line train was loaded with big rocks. Driving around on the top of the boxcars and rocks was a backhoe that was scooping them out. He was actually able to drive from car to car scooping rocks. I did not see a ramp or anything to get up on top.

A guy’s gotta be talented and nuts to pull off something like that. Hats off to whoever’s perched atop that train car, scooping rocks into a truck. They certainly are taking it to the next level!