A pair of KCS SD60s lead hoppers off the Omaha Sub at Ashlad, NE bound for Lincoln and beyond. Fuji Sensia.

A pair of SD70MACs lead empty OMAX hoppers across the icy Platte River near Ashland, NE. The MACs looked better in their original BN scheme rather than the BNSF alterations, but that's progress fe... (more)

LMX 8576 and BN 6782 are westbound with a manifest just outside of Ashland, NE. Fuji Sensia.

Wide cab SD60M No. 9280 comes rolling down the main through Ashland, NE as a standard cab SD60 sits on the siding with a work train. The Oakway (EMD leasing) SD60s were slowly being relegated to m... (more)

It seems that before the mega-mergers of the 90s dogcatching was a relatively rare episode in getting trains over the road. Thereafter, it became commonplace and a limo service was as necessary in... (more)

A dusty, crusty thundercab ACe brings up the rear of an outbound empty along the Platte River.

A train off the Sioux City Sub waits at the Ashland depot, that was still an open office with operator at the time. On the Creston Sub a pair of classy SD70MACs lead westbound coal empties toward ... (more)

A dreary late fall afternoon is nevertheless made attractive by the railroad activity in Ashland, NE. A trio of SD40-2s and a Dash8 lead a string of coil cars west toward Lincoln and beyond. The t... (more)

Every day was a busy day when Powder River coal traffic ran heavy. BN 9533 catches the afternoon sun as it departs Ashland, heading back to the coalfields while a loaded train is waiting on westbo... (more)

White face BN 9260 leads an empty coal set off the river line into Ashland, NE. BN had endeavored to improve visibility with the white face color although the SD60Ms were the only units delivered ... (more)

BN 7205 with a cabless B30-7 and AT&SF GP-30u are on a westbound manifest headed for Lincoln, NE a short distance west of Ashland. Fuji Astia.

An early indication of things to come was that Santa Fe GE unit trailing a more usual assortment of coal train power for BN. Oakway Leasing SD60s are followed by the striking Grinstein SD70MACs an... (more)

A leader with some style, BNSF 1057 is at the head of a pair of merger predecessors handling a westbound manifest outside of Ashland, NE. The old Q signal bridge is, of course, a nice touch.

An Ex-BN SD70MAC leads a loaded coal train Eastbound on the BNSF Creston Subdivision.

A pair of big, beautiful BN SD70MACs come rolling off the Omaha Sub in Ashland, NE with empty hoppers headed west toward Lincoln and the Powder River mines. The train is crossing the Sioux line di... (more)