Two SD70ACes bring up the rear of a westbound empty coal train between Bingham & Ellsworth Nebraska on BNSF's Sandhills Sub.

BNSF 9038 & 5773 with westbound empties on BNSF's Sandhills Sub.

An executive MAC brings up the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train.

BNSF 5983 is waiting at Bingham, NE with a westbound empty coal train.

BNSF 4657 leads two Boeing fuselages westbound.

In late summer the idyllic Nebraska Sandhiils are alive with sunflowers. Lonely US 2 has almost every passing vehicle driver offering a friendly wave. On a subdivision dominated by coal trains, BN... (more)

With the Sandhills as a background, BNSF 5729 pulls an empty hopper around one of the many curves toward Alliance.

BNSF 6280 rolls over the location of the old Bingham switch. Now all double track from Ellsworth to Bingham NE

BNSF 9169 leads a Grand River Dam train across the Sand Hills approaching the small town of Bingham.

BNSF 6019 leads a load through the Sand Hills on new Double Track on its route to Bingham. Note the coal dust coming off the train!

A loaded grain train cruises west on the newly constructed main 2 between Bingham and Ellsworth on the S-Curve. The track was put into service in December 2010. This would be MP 124 on Hwy 2, a ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF unit coal train meets a westbound empty unit coal train near Bingham, NE.

Dynamic brake heat pours out of these 2 GE's as they drop down the .60% grade into Bingham with a coal train bound for Joliette, GA. Scherer coal trains at one time was the biggest coal customer t... (more)

Headed West through the Nebraska sandhills to the PRB for a refill.

What unique clouds I have seen on my trip West. Here you can see beams of light peeking randomly through the clouds.