Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escarpment. Here eastbound heavy trains get a push from a pair of Crawford Helpers for the 12 mile climb out of Crawford. Here a loaded coal train bound for Donie, TX, for Houston Light & Power, crawls along as they pass the signals at 413 and around the huge 8 degree curve. The DP and helpers can be seen in the background.
