Coal loads run along the banks of the Salt Creek in Ashland on a beautiful afternoon.

A colorful lash-up leads a westbound grain train along side US Route 6.

BNSF 8583 runs along the Salt Creek with a coal train in tow. This is where the Salt Creek meets the Platte River outside of Ashland.

EMD SD60M, BNSF 8143 has the duties of a track geometry train, going through the wye at Ashland Nebraska.

BNSF 6188 and 5658, lead eastbound coal loads through the S-curves on the new double track portion of the Creston Sub at Ashland Nebraska.

BNSF 9908 and a newer mate bring yet another empty hopper train through Ashland, NE on a warm summer's eve.

An empty coal train coming from Michigan rounds a curve between Ashland and Greenwood, getting up to track speed after stopping at the nearby Ashland Wye so that the H-LINDIL could proceed up the ... (more)

This coal load has just turned north on the track warrent controlled Sioux City Sub. With only four sidings, it is typical for trains to take the full 12 hours from Lincoln to Sioux City, a dista... (more)

In an uncharacteristic Nebraska landscape, M-LINLIN skirts the south shore of the Platte River on its return trip from Omaha to Lincoln.

A westbound BNSF Ballast train with all but one of the New Freight Car of America ballast cars in tow on the recently double tracked portion of the Creston Subdivison.

Going at it solo, Milwaukee Road #261 crosses the Platte River in yet another series of excursions that the Friends of the 261 was able to pull off in 2000.

BNSF 8913 coal empty rolls west from the Omaha sub through the Ashland triangle onto the Creston sub. The shadow in the foreground is from the depot.

Leaving Ashland, on a route that hasn't seen this kind of work in over a century. 8845 passes construction equipment building a second track.