View is looking north from the throat of the South Yard at BNSF’s Alliance, Nebraska terminal. Trains are staged in this yard to leave in 3 directions of the compass. Loads leave here to go eas... (more)

One of the few Southern System 35s with EMD trucks, this unit has had its high hood chopped. Out of sight is a single "torpedo tube" air tank. I don't think I have ever seen a single before. Th... (more)

A loaded Palos bound coal train arrives on Main 2 about to go under the 10th Street bridge in Alliance as another train follows behind in the distance.

First generation AC power from GE and EMD meet west of Alliance as the loaded GE powered coal waits for some MT's to head back to the PRB.

The rolling plans of Nebraska give a roller coaster effect to this empty coal train heading back to the Powder River Basin. A KCS unit is the trailing unit in this consist.

An empty coal train heads back to the powder River Basin. Here it has just met a loaded coal train on the roller coaster mainline not far outside of Alliance

Sittin' in the morniing sun, I'll be sittin' when the evening comes.......... This is tho other side of the recently posted derelicts who surprisingly still survive.

Unsure of how long they will see another setting sun as it appears these last 2 remaining units still proudly wearing their fallen flag name sit off in a siding by an abandoned grain elevator in A... (more)

The conductor of 5740 does a visual inspection of an empty coal train heading back to the Powder River Basin.

Surrounded by AC technology and 4,000 h.p. locomotives in the Alliance, Nebraska, Diesel Shop, 1959-built SD9 No. 6115 gets a well-deserved rest for some work on July 21, 2003. The spiffy-looking ... (more)

Fourth of July fireworks
A Burlington Northern coal train is ready to leave Alliance, Nebraska, on the eve of July 4, 1996. Four GE C30-7s power the train under the bright light towers ... (more)

Three Burlington Northern SD70MACs line up on the west side of the Alliance Diesel Shop waiting to be moved inside for maintenance work on June 13, 1998. It still looks pretty much like BN around ... (more)

On May 23, 1997, at the east end of Alliance Yard, a coal load departs eastbound for the Sand Hills Subdivision while three others wait their turn. Coal trains in this era are the domain of EMD’... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe EMD SD70MAC No. 9451 is in the diesel shop at Alliance, Nebraska, on July 21, 2003. There is plenty of access and light to get the job done on this former “Grinstein... (more)

A group of Burlington Northern Santa Fe EMD SD70MACs share floor space in the diesel shop at Alliance, Nebraska, on July 21, 2003. Hauling heavy trains of coal takes its toll on these hard-working... (more)