Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

BNSF 5937 (ES44AC) waits at the Rocky siding after Big Ten Curve for a replacement crew, which will then take the train into Denver, Colorado.

Westbound empties with BNSF 5937, 5787, 9128, 6251, & 6261 on the point.

A westbound BNSF coal empty with 3 newer ES44ACs resumes its journey west after meeting an eastbound at the siding at Antelope,ND as a newly severe warned thunderstorm towers above the scene on th... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal empty with 3 newer ES44ACs passes through some farm land near Antelope,ND with a tornado-warned storm above it in the distance on this warm, muggy afternoon of August 10, 200... (more)

A westboud BNSF coal empty with 3 newer ES44ACs round the curve at Eagle Nest, ND as Severe-warned thunderstoms tower in the distance on 8/10/07. The big storm to the right would be tornado warned... (more)

BNSF 5937 highballs passed a load waiting at Birdsel on its way into Alliance

3 BNSF units off a Williams coal train is making a side trip to Arthur, IA to pull 121 cars of ethanol. L577 is now eastbound at Tara as they head onto the Waterloo Sub from the Omaha Sub. This cr... (more)

The rear DPU's trail coal empties rounding the aptly named Breezy Point descending the escarpment from Belmont.

A westbound coal empty rolls towards Richarton, ND as a thunderstorm builds in the distance. This storm cell would later produce a tornado south of Bismarck, ND

A pair of newer GE thunder over the calm waters of the Gull River. Note the setting moon just above the radiator section of the trailing unit.

An Eastbound Coal loads leaves Staples on the Brainerd sub headed for MERC in Superior.

Cab shot of a new BNSF ES44AC.