After switching an industry east of Hastings the local shoves west to the yard with a BN caboose leading the way.

A switch crew drills covered hoppers in downtown Hastings. That's the 1920 Victory Building in the background, built by the Dutton Harness Co to commemorate the end of WWI. The trees visible abo... (more)

Lots of local power rests in the yard at Hastings, NE, as the McCook-Kansas City switches in the background. The GP35/GP38 combo came in from McCook in the afternoon, the GP40X/B40-8W combo came i... (more)

BNSF 2257 heads east out of Hastings, Nebraska, shortly the train will exit the mainline and go about switching ethanol cars at the AGP facility just east of town. After the work is completed the ... (more)

Rounding a sweeping curve, Union Pacific 5666 prepares to attack the short grade to climb over top the BNSF Railway Hastings Subdivision. The track the 5666 is on is only about 20 years old, the t... (more)

Running on flashing yellows, Union Pacific 5643 leads an eastbound Sibley, Missouri bound coal load past UP 519 on a local freight at Level, Nebraska. In the background a westbound empty Fort Gibs... (more)

Three former SLSF GEs - two B30-7s in green and a U30B still in orange and white - lead a westbound freight past the Hasting depot.

The day started off sunny and calm, and fairly warm. By the time the afternoon local got on duty, there were blizzard-like conditions that stuck to everything rather quickly. Once the train was as... (more)

BNSF 8260, NS 9869, CSX 205, BNSF 9157, BNSF 9744, & BNSF 9412 lead a westbound manifest.

BNSF 696, 4943, & 4856 lead a westbound intermodal train.

BNSF 2164 & 2135 lead an eastbound.

Oh this windy day in Hastings the local departs town with two former BN GP30s, BNSF 2828 and 2745. The large elevator is a nice backdrop and sees several trains a month. The UP Marysville sub is s... (more)

BNSF 6129 leads this westbound freight as it blasts through Hastings at 50 mph. The grain cars on the right are sitting at the grain elevator waiting to be loaded.