Burlington Northern SD70MAC No. 9652 receives some maintenance and shares shop space with veteran BN SD9 No. 6154 at Alliance Shops in Nebraska on June 13, 1998.

VP of engineering or someone like was all that was on board.

Just about any new BN six axle power quickly made its way to the coalfields, it was and is demanding service that required the best of the best. This shot at East Alliance has nearly new SD60's 83... (more)

A GE 7FDL 16 cylinder diesel locomotive engine sits outside of BNSF's Alliance, Nebraska locomotive shops.

With 6 trains in view, the BNSF 6227 leads a train through 102 track eastbound... a crew just boarded BNSF 6376 in 100 track to the right and will leave following. A train awaits on the left on t... (more)

With Alliance behind it, a rerouted Monticello Train is getting up to speed as it heads south toward Kansas City via Denver.

BNSF 9215 leads a load toward Alliance's North Yard on main 1 under 10th Street while another load proceeds several miles behind toward West Alliance. Meanwhile, a westbound empty departs on main... (more)

Alliance's snow plow was wye'd and moved to the 600 tracks for special service work this week putting it in the sunlight. Normally its in the north shadow of the Diesel Shop stored for snow plow o... (more)

I spy 6 moving trains!

1978 built 1100 hp GE SL144 assigned to American Electric Power Service’s Alliance Railcar Repair facility. Unit was delivered as CNW 1199, then became BN 1101, then Southwest Electric Power 11... (more)

A bird's-eye view of BN's Alliance engine servicing facilty as seen from the steps of the Motive Power Supervisor's office. How I made my way to this elevated office located in the middle of this ... (more)

BN SD40-2 7287 leads five GE six-axle units and a loaded coal train into Alliance Nebraska. The threatening skies to the west would soon bring a gusty (although brief) thunderstorm to Alliance and... (more)

BNSF 9245 and 2 more ACes lead their train pass CP Letan. This is a rare occasions to see 3 70ACes on the head end.

BNSF 9202 + 6394 lead a train of ballast and rail approaching Ellesworth to the site of a derailment further east at Ashby on the Sandhills sub.