Load east, empties west. Meet on the west end of double track at Hyannis on the BNSF Sand Hills Sub. This empty now has greens over the single track to Ashby and onto Alliance, 60 miles west. The ... (more)

I made a trip in 2001 to shot the BNSF coal line east of Alliance. At this time mainly SD70MAC's were king of the region, but a few odd ball DC sets were mixed in. Here a loaded coal train has 3 D... (more)

Eastbound intermodal train makes its way towards Ravenna, NE. As you can see August is a good time to visit the Sand Hills cause the wildflowers are normally in bloom.

The eastbound Seattle, WA, to Memphis,TN, intermodal train is back on a section of double track east of Hyannis. This was one of the few intermodal trains that transversed the coal route on its wa... (more)

The entire coal train can be seen as they pass thru the crossovers at MP 300.1 east of Hyannis. This train is traveling from Jacob's Ranch Mine, WY, to St. Louis, MO, for American Commercial Barge... (more)

Eastbound coal train from Jacob's Ranch Mine, WY, to St. Louis, MO, for American Commercial Barge Lines works east out of Hyannis as 3 westbound empties wait their turn at the end of double track ... (more)

An empty coal train out of Lawrence, KS for Kansas City Power & Light's plant at Tecumseh to Black Thunder Mine, WY rolls thru the reverse curve at MP 304 east of Hyannis. This train is still 60 ... (more)

The flowers are in full bloom along the Sands Hills Sub as another coal load passes east. This train is near MP 300 as they make their way towards Ravenna, NE, and the next crew change. Traffic le... (more)

Jabocb's Ranch Mine to Monroe, MI coal train rolls east past MP 301. 2 ACe's on the head end and 1 ES44AC on the rear move this train thru the sand hills of Nebraska. This train is has over 775 mi... (more)

Eastbound coal train has left the small city of Hyannis behind as they make their way east towards Ravenna, NE. Highway 2 is in the foreground, which runs pretty much all the way along the Sand Hi... (more)