Mid America Energy (Council Bluffs, IA) empties head west across the Sand Hill Subs towards Alliance and onward to the coal fields of the Powder River Basin.
146 empty coal cars for the Black Thunder Mine waste no time racing across the Sand Hills Sub. As the empty coal train approaches Ellsworth, it'll soon start to notch down and come to a stop as it... (more)
BNSF 6280 leads a loaded Kansas City and Light coal train through the small burg of Ellsworth. This will be as green as the Sand Hills get this year because of the mild winter which resulted in a... (more)
After cruising across the new double track between Bingham and Ellsworth, it negotiates the high speed super elevated curves at 50 mph just west of Ellsworth on its way to Alliance
Stopped second in line, at the east end double track, BNSF 9159 & 9730, wait for a few westbound trains to clear single track, before they continue on east with there load of coal.
A RWSX coal load leans into the curve on BNSF's scenic line through the Sandhills of Nebraska. Hwy 2 in the background provides an excellent way to follow this heavy duty main line.