Waterloo Central 0-6-0 #9 is running around her train at Elmira.

Waterloo Central 0-6-0 #9 is running tender first from Waterloo to Elmira where she will run around her train. Here #9 is crossing the Conestoga River at St.Jacobs.

A loaded coal train is beginning its ascent of Crawford Hill as it passes through the Ponderosa Ranch. A DPU ans two pushers are working hard on the rear.

The rolling plans of Nebraska give a roller coaster effect to this empty coal train heading back to the Powder River Basin. A KCS unit is the trailing unit in this consist.

An empty coal train heads back to the powder River Basin. Here it has just met a loaded coal train on the roller coaster mainline not far outside of Alliance

As the shadows stretch over the plains BNSF 8982 heading up an empty coal train will be the last shot of the day.

Strasburg RR 89 (ex CNR 89) throws up a plume of smoke as she lifts her train.

Strasburg RR 89 (ex CNR 89) has just finished being serviced and is heading to the depot for her run of the day.

An eastbound loaded coal train passes under Hoadley Road overpass.

Heat waves from four units under full load fill the air as a BNSF coal train overtakes a UP coal train on Logan Hill. The UP train is somewhat longer as can be seen by the pusher units on the rea... (more)

DPU's on a loaded eastbound BNSF coal train meet the DPU's on an empty westbound coal train at the summit od Logan Hill as a third UP eastbound loaded coal train passes on the left. The white SUV... (more)

An empty UP coal train is waiting at the signal at West Bill as a southbound loaded BNSF coal train crosses over in front of it. The BNSF pusher can be seen on the rear.

Another load of coal heads south at Reno Jct. The loadout and conveyor in the background is for the Black Thunder mine.

The lead units on the left start into the second horseshoe curve as they ascend Crawford Hill. The helpers can be seen across the valley. The last two helpers are manned while the first one is a ... (more)

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.