MAXX empties pass the signals at MP411.6

A colorful locomotive consist leads an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train through the horseshoe curve below Belmont over Nebraska’s Crawford Hill on April 11, 1998. Burlington Nor... (more)

A loaded IOPX train approaches the signals at MP411.6.

Dropping downgrade through the horseshoe curve below Belmont on Nebraska’s Crawford Hill is an empty Burlington Northern coal train headed for reloading in Powder River Basin. Three GE C30-7s an... (more)

F units on Crawford
A rare treat among all of the coal trains, Burlington Northern EMD F9A-2 No. BN-1 crests the top of Crawford Hill at Belmont, Nebraska, on the point of an eastbound i... (more)

A Burlington Northern coal train slugs it out on the grades of Nebraska’s Crawford Hill as the train approaches the top at Belmont on July 3, 1988. Powering the train is GE C30-7 No. 5528, EMD S... (more)

On an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train grinding up Crawford Hill west of Belmont, Nebraska, on July 9, 1994, EMD SD70MAC Nos. 9440 and 9449 bracket EMD SD60MAC No. 9503. EMD built four 3,8... (more)

KCLX unit coal train near MP411.6 on Crawford Hill.

Just as one loaded coal train slowly climbs up Crawford Hill, an empty coal train begins to descend the grade. The helpers on the loaded train would be cut off as they pass below the bridge.

A loaded SEPX coal train draws to a stand at MP411.6 on Crawford Hill to wait for a preceding train to clear Belmont summit. Trailing units are D8-40C UP 9281 and C30-7s 5006, 5085, 5588.

Warbonnet-painted BNSF SD75I/SD75M duo brackets a former BN SD60M on a manned-helper set pushing a loaded BNSF coal train up Crawford Hill, Nebraska, on July 13, 2008. Above the helpers on the oth... (more)

Late evening at the Summit of Crawford Hill finds BNSF 9120 leading this empty back towards the coal fields in the Powder River Basin.

Brand-new BNSF GE ES44AC No. 5760 pulls hard on the point of a loaded coal train climbing into the horseshoe curve below Belmont on Nebraska’s Crawford Hill on May 20, 2006. In the background on... (more)

A pair of BNSF ACe's are on the point of another load completing its assault on Crawford Hill at Belmont in Northwestern Nebraska

A BN coal train with a SD40-2 and 3 C30-7's in the hills of NW Nebraska.