As a loaded BNSF coal train climbs on Track 2, a westbound empty descends the grade on Crawford Hill below Belmont, Nebraska, on September 16, 2013. A pair of EMD SD70MACs (9821 and 9482) are lead... (more)
A loaded coal train climbs through the horseshoe curve below Belmont on BNSF’s Crawford Hill as sunset approaches on September 16, 2013. Two EMD SD70MACs power the heavy train up front, while a ... (more)
Two coal trains meet at Windy Point on Crawford Hill, Nebraska, on May 23, 1997. A westbound empty led by Oakway No. 9056 meets a pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs pulling hard on an upgrad... (more)
The Helpers come back down Crawford Hill.
The Helpers shove a coal train up Crawford Hill.
An SD70MAC pulls a string of empty coal hopper cars through Crawford Hill in 2000. Sadly, this locomotive was destroyed two years later when it collided head on with an intermodal train in Texas.
UP 8253 rolls down Crawford Hill.
A eastbound load crests the summit of Crawford Hill at Belmont.
CREX 1321 leads this westbound tie train at Belmont, the summit of Crawford Hill.
27,000 green horses In the very early years of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, a loaded coal train claws up Crawford Hill at Windy Point (also known as Breezy Point) west of Belmont, Nebr... (more)
A Burlington Northern coal train grinds up Crawford Hill west of Belmont, Nebraska, on July 2, 1989. The train is powered by two BN GE C30-7s and three EMD SD40-2s (BN 7239, along with Kansas City... (more)
Interesting assortment of power on Crawford Hill.
New BNSF GE ES44AC No. 5760 leads an eastbound coal load up the grades of Crawford Hill west of Belmont, Nebraska, on May 20, 2006.
A very clean BNSF SD70ACe leads a very fade SD70 up Crawford Hill on a loaded coal train out of the Powder River Basin.