Coal destined for Smithers Lake, TX gets dragged up Crawford Hill. Who says Nebraska is flat?

Last shot of the day... A Crawford Hill helper set drifts down grade as it rounds the curve at Breezy Point.

As the head end splits the signals at Breezy Point, the DPU and 3 unit helper K CWFCWF2 14 can be seen to the left, shoving the train around the horseshoe curve.

There was nothing but a parade of trains up and down Crawford Hill on the last half of Aug. 2nd that I spent at the Ponderosa Ranch. Some of the sand from the sanders can be seen coming from the t... (more)

Working hard on it's way up Crawford Hill.

Views like this are endless from Ponderosa Ranch. The Ponderosa Ranch surrounds much of the BNSF's famous Crawford Hill. This is one of many trains I saw tranverse the hill in my short time there.

BNSF 9208 is just ready to crest Crawford Hill. The three helpers will uncouple at this location as well.

BNSF 6186 + 5974 lead coal loads up Crawford Hill approaching the lower horseshoe.

BNSF 8205 + OWY 9085 + BNSF 8251 + BNSF 6077 start pushing push coal loads out of Crawford.

Helper set drifting downgrade

A morning load climbing out of Crawford

BNSF9396 crawls towards Crawford Hill summit

BNSF 5634 pulls a loaded coal train around the 2nd of 3 horseshoe curves up Crawford Hill.

BNSF 8266 pushes a loaded coal train with BNSF 5634 on the front.

An eastbound claws into the lower horseshoe.