Three Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs on a coal empty pass milepost 413 at Windy Point (also known as Breezy Point) just below Belmont on Nebraska’s Crawford Hill on July 7, 1996.

As a BNSF coal train rolls over the summit of Crawford Hill, the set of helpers cuts off on the fly at Belmont, Nebraska, on September 16, 2013. They will coast east behind the train to beyond the... (more)

As a westbound BNSF coal empty passes by on Track 1, three former Santa Fe warbonnet SD75Ms push hard on the rear of a loaded coal train going up the grade on Crawford Hill west of Belmont, Nebras... (more)

A loaded coal train descending the grade in Belmont. The old tunnel approach can be seen just to the left of the tracks at the top of the picture.

Three Cascade green SD60Ms shove on the rear DPU of a loaded Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train climbing Crawford Hill below Belmont, Nebraska, on July 22, 2003.

A loaded Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train bends through the big horseshoe curve below Belmont, Nebraska, as it climbs Crawford Hill on July 22, 2003.

A westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight descends Crawford Hill west of Belmont, Nebraska, on July 22, 2003, led by recently repainted former Santa Fe B40-8 No. 8604.

Being used in helper service out of Crawford, Nebraska, a set of three former Santa Fe SD75Ms (Nos. 8237, 8215 and 8250) drifts downgrade through the big horseshoe curve below Belmont on May 19, 2... (more)

A heavy coal train crawls up Crawford Hill west of Belmont, Nebraska, on July 7, 1996. Three Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs power the train and is getting needed help from a pusher set of four C... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train climbs through the horseshoe curve below Belmont on Nebraska’s Crawford Hill on May 19, 2006.

UP 8083 leads two BNSF SD70MACs on an empty coal train headed back to the Powder River Basin for loading. The train has just crested the westbound grade at Belmont, NE and is starting its descent ... (more)

Storm light over Crawford Hill
A westbound BNSF coal empty drops downgrade between Belmont and Crawford, Nebraska, late in the afternoon of May 19, 2006.

Two BNSF coal trains meet on the big horseshoe curve on Crawford Hill west of Belmont, Nebraska, on May 19, 2006.

A long train of empty coal hoppers trails the quintet of EMD and GEs led by SD40-2 7247. The rear two GEs are U30Cs. The train is westbound from Alliance and is about to complete its climb up the ... (more)

BN 7101 East blasts out of Nebraska’s only railroad tunnel at Belmont on Aug. 30, 1979 before BN extensively rebuilt its principal coal line over Crawford Hill to double track to handle all the ... (more)