Today's train of thought takes us to the state currently with the lowest unemployment rate (4.2%)- North Dakota.
Here, under the vast expanses of blue skies, railpictures.net contributor Fredrick Wolter catches Northern Plains GP9Us #2297 and #2281 (both still in their Santa Fe paint) at Lansford, ND returning from working the remote Kramer line in July 2009. Barely 12 years old, the Northern Plains is something of a newcomer in the Dakotas
