UP 8551 leads an eastbound intermodal train exiting the new bridge on the east side, curving back to original track location.

Captured in late-day sun just east of Crawford, a BNSF coal empty coasts down from Crawford Hill as it heads back to the Powder River Basin for a reload.

UP 2556, leading an eastbound stack, sits at Norden while waiting for Amtrak Train #5 to exit the "Big Hole" tunnel under Mount Judah between Soda Springs and Eder.

A non-stop Amtrak train passes the Amtrak station in Ashland, VA, on its way to Richmond. Here it runs on the CSX ROW that splits North Center Street.

Union Pacific coal load passes through the downtown Elkhorn, NE, area on a bright April morning.

An eastbound coal load passes by a westbound empty returning to fields for another load.

UP manifest working its way eastbound through Iowa country.

UP coal empty rolls through the bland Nebraska landscape as it heads west towards Fremont.

This Union Pacific westbound stack rides the downhill slope having just exited tunnel 35 at Yuba Pass.

BNSF Coal train working its way eastbound towards McPherson, IA.

BNSF 8913 coal empty rolls west from the Omaha sub through the Ashland triangle onto the Creston sub. The shadow in the foreground is from the depot.

BNSF manifest led by an ol' yeller GP39 cuts through Hickman on its way south to Firth.

This early morning picture captures the usual sights in the Nebraska Sandhills. Here the wildlife is unaffected by the passing of a westbound coal empty and trailing DPU.

UP stack train changes tracks on its way south from Fremont to Valley.

Eastbound BNSF manifest train nearing the end of the McPherson siding, on its way to Red Oak.