The local radio station is broadcasting a tornado warning as a C&NW-led Union Pacific train zips eastbound along U.S. Hwy. 30 under ominous skies near Brownson, Nebraska.

Southern Pacific SD9 4372 sits among the shambles of the old Great Western Sugar factory in Loveland, CO.

BNSF 8869 and 5764 wind their way upgrade with a southbound loaded coal train outside of Sidney, NE.

A young boy looks on as the crew of Union Pacific Challenger 3985 prepares to leave Sidney, Nebraska after making a brief stop for servicing.

Union Pacific E9A 951 pulls the Operation Lifesaver Special along the Yampa River west of Steamboat Springs, Colorado near the town of McGregor.

A large thunderstorm is about to obscure this evening’s view of the moon as BNSF ES44AC 6129 and SD70MAC 9559 drift downgrade toward Sidney, NE with a northbound empty coal train.

Raindrops are still falling and the sun's last rays shine through a drenching thunderstorm as UP SD70M 3837 leads a double-stack train wb through Lodgepole, NE.

While the crew on Union Pacific’s “Katy” heritage unit waits patiently short of the Sidney control point a Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD70MAC flies over the train with a northbound coal em... (more)

Union Pacific SD40-2s 3396 and 2660 idle away in the night beside the elevator in Lodgepole, Nebraska.

BNSF SD70ACe 9300 and SD70MAC 9523 shove on the rear of a northbound empty coal train as it works out of the valley at Sidney, NE.

With just one number board, Union Pacific SD40-2 #3463 looks like it’s winking at the camera as a towering thunderstorm builds behind it.

BNSF SD70MACs 9902 and 9700 lug a southbound coal load upgrade outside of Sidney, NE. A large thunderstorm sitting over Northeast Colorado provides the backdrop.

BNSF SD70ACe 9339 is working as a DPU this evening on a southbound loaded coal train outside of Sidney, NE.

UP SD70M 3904 is approaching Point of Rocks as it races west with a stack train. Behind it a large thunderstorm moves southeast across the Nebraska Panhandle.