BNSF 8952 passes NB along the shores of the scenic Palmer Lake with a manifest freight.

BNSF 9889 finds a gap of sunshine on Crawford Hill as they pass through the area surrounded by the Ponderosa Ranch.

BNSF 6159 and a friend shove against a DPU and another loaded coal train battling Crawford Hill in Western Nebraska. In just a few moments, this train will be rounding the Horseshoe Curves at the... (more)

A 7-way meet...only in the Powder River Basin at Converse Jct. 3 BNSF empties sit on the leads to the Antelope Mine while 4 UP (3 loads and 1 empty) trains occupy the mains (1 on each main).

UP 5947 races another set of coal loads out of the Powder River Basin as seen at Nacco Jct. where the lead to the North Antelope mine diverges from the Orin Sub.

UP 6792 leads a set of coal loads EB (geographic SB) out of the Powder River Basin as seen through a set of s-curves just north of Nacco Jct.

BNSF 7435 leads a WB trackage rights train over UP's Moffat Tunnel Route as seen just west of the siding at Clay.

BNSF 7435 leads a WB trackage rights train over UP's Moffat Tunnel Route as seen near the east portal at Tolland.

An empty BNSF train heads toward the Black Thunder mine for another load of coal while a grass fire burns in the foreground. A passing loaded UP coal train on the wye track nearest to me caused s... (more)

An unknown BNSF GEVO leads another set of coal loads up Crawford Hill as an ominous thunderstorm rolls eastward across Nebraska. The curves of the Ponderosa Ranch area are just ahead.

BNSF 6159 shoves hard on another load of coal heading over Crawford Hill. The faintest of rainbows can be seen to the right of the train.

BNSF 9983 leads a coal train out of the loadout at Reno Jct. and north towards Gillette. Two other trains can be viewed in this scene, one in the loading loop and the other in the Reno Jct. sidin... (more)

BNSF 9638 helps pull a loaded Georgia Power Plant Scherer Powder River Basin coal train up Crawford Hill as seen from the Ponderosa Ranch. It was an exhausting hike to this hilltop viewpoint, but... (more)

BNSF 9306 slowly moves away from me as the DPU on a loaded coal train heads into BNSF's ex-BN North Yard.

FWWR 2016 pulls forward as the conductor waits to throw the switch for the train to be shoved back into the yard at Cresson.