A heavy coal train snakes up Crawford Hill around a horseshoe curve and through the deep cuts made from a line relocation back in the 1970's.
Another heavy coal train slugs it out on Crawford Hill. There will be a DPU or two and a pair of manned pushers on the rear.
for a short period in summer '89 BN experimented with LMX units on their Crawford Hill helpers out of Crawford, NE. Here a set of four prepare for their next help up the hill.
Three Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs claw up Crawford Hill with a heavy coal train east of Crawford, Nebraska, on July 5, 1996.
A meet on Crawford Hill.
A coal train climbs Crawford Hill, Nebraska, on July 7, 1996, and leading the train is an all-Cascade Green consist of two EMD SD60Ms and two GE C30-7s. This gentle horseshoe curve is below the mo... (more)
BNSF SD70ACE 9371 charges up the formidable grade over the Pine Ridge. Arguably the most scenic piece of railroad in Nebraska.
Crawford Hill, NE is one of the most unique railroading locations in North America. Out of the flat plains sits a beautiful escarpment that happens to be in the way of coal trains heading east fr... (more)
Five 'classics' pull Crawford Hill.
Oakway 9047 crawls up the 1.55% at Breezy Point. It is hard to believe it was 15 years ago, it seems like yesterday this was Front Line Power!
BN9693 lifts a train of coal past the old Stage Coach Road near Breezy Point, NE. Note the SD60MAC third out.
Crawford Hill’s horseshoe curve A BNSF freight grinds eastbound up Crawford Hill, Nebraska, with only two units on June 12, 2000. Trailing the former Conrail Dash 8-40BW are some empt... (more)
5702 and 6390 will cut off from 9322 and the rest of this coal drag further downbound and return to repeat as necessary.
BNSF 9913 leads a coal train up Crawford Hill, shot from Breezy Point on the Ponderosa Ranch.
An empty coal train returns for another load passing an abandoned house on the outskirts of Crawford.
