An empty BNSF coal train traverses the lower horseshoe of Crawford Hill on its way back to the Powder River Basin.

Kenefick Park is an impressive welcoming after crossing the Missouri river from Council Bluffs, IA into Omaha, Nebraska. It happens to be even more of a sight at night!

UP 4014 pulls out of its overnight stop of Sidney on its way to North Platte. At the same time, BNSF sent a Southbound over the 4014 on its own line. Talk about perfect timing.

Much has changed since Big Boys last roamed the mainlines of the Union Pacific, one thing that has not is the often severe afternoon thunderstorms that build up over Wyoming and Nebraska. Shortly ... (more)

BNSF 9235 with a fuel tendor and 2 other light helpers returns to Crawford, NE, on May 20, 2005.

The sun breaks the horizon at the crack of dawn along UP's mainline in Alda, Nebraska.

The daily North Platte-West Colton manifest comes rip roaring through the one (flashing) traffic light town of Brule, NE on an early spring afternoon. The space between the mainlines was once occu... (more)

UP 1943 & 4141 on display in North Platte.

BNSF 6434 & 9676 lead eastbound loads.

I am in the cab of Milwaukee Road SD40-2 MILW 187, looking out at the various power in the diesel service area at the UP North Platte yard. It was quite an experience for my wife and I to get a V... (more)

9031 leads an Eastbound salad shooter across the Blair Sub. This train made up 1/2 of all the trains I saw in a 5 hour period along this line.

The Nebraska Museum train pounds the BNSF diamond in Fremont on the return trip back to Omaha Union Station.

A Burlington Northern coal train powered by a matching quartet of GE C30-7s is ready to leave Alliance, Nebraska, on the eve of July 4, 1996. Courtesy of Mother Nature, the fireworks are starting ... (more)

A single ES44AC crawls through the West end of Hobson Yard. This unit will be added to the rear of an Eastbound coal train. In the distance, an Ex-BN SD40-2 works the hump while the state capitol ... (more)

Union Pacific "Olympic Torch Relay" SD70M No. 2001 leads the IDITAX west around the big sweeping curve through "Buffalo Bend" outside of Potter, Nebraska on July 5, 2018.