On the track in the foreground, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal empty drops downgrade on Nebraska’s Crawford Hill west of Belmont on April 11, 1998. On the other side of the valley, an eastbound coal load, led by one of BN’s EMD SD60MAC demonstrators, slowly grinds upgrade. Both trains will soon meet in this large horseshoe curve located below the top of the hill at Belmont.
