Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

A Q-train bound for LA, is about to stop at Fort Madison for a crew change. The train skirts the near banks of the Mississippi River the 1st couple miles into Iowa. For a fast built railroad, the ... (more)

The lonely Z-trains across BNSF's coal route west of Galesburg normally run overnight thru Iowa. Sometimes/most times the eastbound Denver Z will squeak across the east end after day break during ... (more)

Loaded coal train works across southern Iowa on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. The train is seen here dipping thru a sag east of Batavia, about 15 miles east of Ottumwa. This coal train was loaded at Belle... (more)

The 468 local came out of Burlington to Mount Pleasant to interchange with the Burlington Jct. The local got in the clear of main #1 to let a hopper by, and now is ready to open up head back east ... (more)

Even though symbolled a "B" for a baretable, this stack train is full of containers heading west from Memphis. The train rolls thru the CP at ISU Switch on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub enroute t... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for interchange with the CN in Chicago, IL, gets a roll on them after climbing out of Ottumwa. The train is bound for unloading at Lansing, MI, for the city. The train i... (more)

The new year resets the train counts in the coal train symbols on the BNSF. The 1st loaded train of 2021 for Rush Tower, MO, (RTR"001") for Union Electric is eastbound on the Ottumwa Sub... (more)

An empty hopper works west thru the frozen tundra on the Ottumwa Sub. The train is seen here passing thru the small town of New London about 14 miles west of Burlington. The train is working towar... (more)

An empty hopper works west thru the frozen tundra on the Ottumwa Sub. The train is seen here passing thru the small town of New London about 14 miles west of Burlington. The train is working towar... (more)

These ex-Santa Fe signals fell at the end of 2019. PTC upgrades to the signal system spelled the end to all ATSF signals on the Marceline now. Here a Fort Madison to Pearland, TX, auto train strug... (more)

Westbound stacker from Logistics Park, IL, to Pearland, TX, struggles up the grade into New Boston. The train is working west towards KC on the Marceline Sub. The train passes under a skeleton sig... (more)