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Viewing Album:  Crawford Hill - 1999
 
By:John Wallace
Dates:6/2/1999 - 6/4/1999
Album Info:Crawford Hill proved to be the highlight of a 1999 western trip. Great place for photography
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BNSF 7209
Title:  BNSF 7209
Description:  A set of SD40-2 helpers with fuel tender at Belmont are heading back to Crawford for another push
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 10:44:22 AM
Location:  Belmont, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7209(SD40-2) BN 7222(SD40-2) BN 7240(SD40-2)
Views:  901   Comments: 2
BNSF 5004
Title:  BNSF 5004
Description:  An eastbound loaded coal train with mixed power is arriving at Belmont
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 10:53:09 AM
Location:  Belmont, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 5004(C30-7)
Views:  868   Comments: 1
Helpers at Belmont
Title:  Helpers at Belmont
Description:  Helper are throttling bak at the Belmont summit and will cut off shortly
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 4:26:49 PM
Location:  Belmont, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 7282(SD40-2) BN 7258(SD40-2) BN 7284(SD40-2)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
West Bound at Belmont
Title:  West Bound at Belmont
Description:  This helper set is being cut off at Belmont
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 4:32:56 PM
Location:  Belmont, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  FURX 7208(SD40-2)
Views:  482   Comments: 1
Eastbound at Belmont
Title:  Eastbound at Belmont
Description:  An eastbound coal train is topping the grade at Belmont
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 4:37:04 PM
Location:  Belmont, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9473(SD70MAC)
Views:  505   Comments: 0
Helpers Leaving Belmont
Title:  Helpers Leaving Belmont
Description:  A helper set heads west for Crawford to shove another coal train up the hill
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 4:52:52 PM
Location:  Belmont, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7211(SD40-2) BN 7222(SD40-2) BN 7240(SD40-2)
Views:  594   Comments: 1
Westbound mixed freight
Title:  Westbound mixed freight
Description:  A westbound mixed freight crosses the summit at Belmont. The high car behind the power is carrying Boeing airplane parts
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 5:00:49 PM
Location:  Belmont, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 8003(SD40-2)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
Approaching Belmont
Title:  Approaching Belmont
Description:  An eastbound loaded coal train rounds the curve through the huge cut just west of Belmont
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 5:53:31 PM
Location:  Belmont, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9977(SD70MAC)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
Coal train Meet
Title:  Coal train Meet
Description:  Coal trains pass on the double track at Belmont
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 5:57:12 PM
Location:  Belmont, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9245(SD60M) UP 9055(C40-8)
Views:  618   Comments: 1
Pushers
Title:  Pushers
Description:  Pushers help an eastbound at Crawford in the early evening
Photo Date:  6/2/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 9:49:47 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7208(SD40-2)
Views:  669   Comments: 2
Westbound Empties
Title:  Westbound Empties
Description:  An early morning westbound is nearing Crawford
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 6:00:02 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9808(SD70MAC)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
Westbound Coal Train
Title:  Westbound Coal Train
Description:  A loaded coal train grinds up the 1.6% grade near Crow Butte
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 6:11:45 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 5583(C30-7)
Views:  475   Comments: 1
Eastbound Coal
Title:  Eastbound Coal
Description:  A coal train is down to 10mph as it nears the Crow Butte horseshoe
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 6:27:01 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9707(SD70MAC) BNSF 8831(SD70MAC)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
Loads Heading east
Title:  Loads Heading east
Description:  The coal train slogs onward and upward
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 6:35:14 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9707(SD70MAC) BNSF 8831(SD70MAC)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
Pushers
Title:  Pushers
Description:  4 SD40-2 helpers produce great sound as they lean into it
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 6:40:41 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7208(SD40-2)
Views:  620   Comments: 1
Crow Butte Horseshoe Curve
Title:  Crow Butte Horseshoe Curve
Description:  The coal train is climbing the grade at Crow Butte
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 4:00:54 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9889(SD70MAC)
Views:  426   Comments: 1
Crow Butte Horseshoe
Title:  Crow Butte Horseshoe
Description:  SD40-2 pushers round the Crow Butte horseshoe curve
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 4:07:04 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7209(SD40-2) BN 7222(SD40-2)
Views:  748   Comments: 0
Eastbound Coal Train
Title:  Eastbound Coal Train
Description:  An eastbound loaded coal train is about to enter the Crow Butte horseshoe
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 4:11:44 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  221   Comments: 0
Eastbound Coal
Title:  Eastbound Coal
Description:  Bending around the Crow Butte Horseshoe
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 4:16:38 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  329   Comments: 2
Climbing Out of Crow Butte
Title:  Climbing Out of Crow Butte
Description:  Heading out of the Crow Butte horseshoe with Pine Ridge in the background.
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 4:24:16 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  200   Comments: 0
Pusher Power
Title:  Pusher Power
Description:  5 SD40-2s and an SD70MAC DPU are pushing at Crow Butte
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 4:29:08 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7254(SD40-2) BN 7219(SD40-2) BN 7255(SD40-2) BN 7232(SD40-2) BN 7289(SD40-2)
Views:  1877   Comments: 6
Westbound Empty Coal Train
Title:  Westbound Empty Coal Train
Description:  3 SD70MACs enter the Crow Butte Horseshoe curve about 6 miles east of Crawford
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/7/2006 4:33:08 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9843(SD70MAC) BNSF 8818(SD70MAC)
Views:  729   Comments: 1
Trains Passing
Title:  Trains Passing
Description:  The daily Alliance - Crawford local is passing an eastbound coal train as the local heads back to Alliance
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 9:46:16 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  285   Comments: 0
BNSF 9716
Title:  BNSF 9716
Description:  An empty westbound is about to pass under route 20 in Crawford
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 9:47:35 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9716(SD70MAC)
Views:  550   Comments: 3
Helpers
Title:  Helpers
Description:  A helper set is rolling under the rte. 20 overpass to work its next assignment
Photo Date:  6/3/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 9:48:53 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BN 7254(SD40-2) BN 7219(SD40-2) BN 7255(SD40-2)
Views:  920   Comments: 1
Westbound Empties
Title:  Westbound Empties
Description:  A pair of SD70MACS lead a westbound around Crow Butte horseshoe curve
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 6:53:03 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9996(SD70MAC) BNSF 9676(SD70MAC)
Views:  530   Comments: 0
Coal Train at Crow Butte
Title:  Coal Train at Crow Butte
Description:  A loaded coal train passes under Crow Butte as it negotiates the Crow Butte horseshoe curve
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 6:54:04 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9838(SD70MAC) BNSF 9853(SD70MAC)
Views:  764   Comments: 0
Leaving Crow Butte
Title:  Leaving Crow Butte
Description:  A loaded coal train winds out of the Crow Butte horseshoe on its climb to Belmont
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 6:55:44 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9838(SD70MAC) BNSF 9853(SD70MAC)
Views:  879   Comments: 1
Pushers on Crawford Hill
Title:  Pushers on Crawford Hill
Description:  The train in the previous two photos is being pushed by 4 SD40-2's and a SD70MAC DPU
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 6:56:36 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7209(SD40-2) BN 7222(SD40-2) BN 7240(SD40-2)
Views:  778   Comments: 0
SD70MAC's on Crawford Hill
Title:  SD70MAC's on Crawford Hill
Description:  In 1999 almost all of the Powder River coal trains had 70MAC's leading. GE's are now common
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 7:33:09 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9423(SD70MAC) BNSF 9665(SD70MAC)
Views:  667   Comments: 1
Five Pushers
Title:  Five Pushers
Description:  This train will soon be rounding Breezy Point which appears on the extreme right
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 7:34:04 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7254(SD40-2)
Views:  448   Comments: 1
Passing on the Hill
Title:  Passing on the Hill
Description:  After rounding the White Clay horseshoe the train is passing helpers returning to Crawford
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 7:35:05 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  169   Comments: 0
Rounding Breezy Point
Title:  Rounding Breezy Point
Description:  The breezy Point horseshoe will give the train its second 180 degree turn within 1 1/2 miles
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/8/2006 7:36:09 PM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  155   Comments: 0
Alliance-Crawford Local
Title:  Alliance-Crawford Local
Description:  The 15 car local with plenty of power is descending the grade into the White Clay horseshoe curve
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 8:44:16 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  209   Comments: 0
Climbing the Hill
Title:  Climbing the Hill
Description:  A heavy coal train passes through a small cut as it approaches the huge White Clay cut
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 8:45:16 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9904(SD70MAC)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
Ess Curves
Title:  Ess Curves
Description:  The train continues toward White Clay cut, atop which I was standing
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 8:46:14 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9904(SD70MAC)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
Onward and Upward
Title:  Onward and Upward
Description:  The 9904 laeds its train out of the White Clay horseshoe curve toward the Breezy Point curve
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 8:46:57 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  155   Comments: 0
Pushing into White Clay Horseshoe
Title:  Pushing into White Clay Horseshoe
Description:  A 4 unit helper set and the train's DPU push into the White Clay horseshoe curve
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 9:12:30 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7223(SD40-2)
Views:  511   Comments: 1
A Meet on Breezy Point
Title:  A Meet on Breezy Point
Description:  A westbound empty coal train passes the eastbound loaded train at the Breezy Point horseshoe
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 9:13:35 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  219   Comments: 0
White Clay Cut
Title:  White Clay Cut
Description:  The westbound empty train is passing the eastbound caol train's helpers
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 9:15:56 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
White Clay Horseshoe Curve
Title:  White Clay Horseshoe Curve
Description:  The westbound is rounding the horseshoe. The original right of way is in the center of the photo.
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 9:16:42 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  183   Comments: 0
Eastbound Mixed Freight
Title:  Eastbound Mixed Freight
Description:  This train, with only 2 SD40-2's for power, is down to 5mph on the grade. But it made it!
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:00:42 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  223   Comments: 0
Eastbound Intermodal
Title:  Eastbound Intermodal
Description:  An eastbound intermodal is approaching White Clay cut and curve
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:01:49 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  209   Comments: 0
Meet at White Clay Cut
Title:  Meet at White Clay Cut
Description:  The eastbound intermodal passes an empty coal train at White Clay
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:02:27 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  211   Comments: 0
Passing on the Hill
Title:  Passing on the Hill
Description:  The eastbound intermodal slogs upward while the coal train heads for Crawford in full dynamics.
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:03:12 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  263   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 7:52:57 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  160   Comments: 0
Approaching White Clay Cut
Title:  Approaching White Clay Cut
Description:  A GE C30-7 leads an eastbound up the hill. Once common on the hill the C30's are phasing out.
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 7:53:45 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  188   Comments: 0
Breezy Point Meet
Title:  Breezy Point Meet
Description:  The east bound coal train meets a westbound intermodal on Breezy Point
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 7:54:41 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  190   Comments: 0
The Back-up lengthens
Title:  The Back-up lengthens
Description:  The westbound intermodal has stopped while another eastbound intermodal passes.
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 7:55:28 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  284   Comments: 0
Breezy Point
Title:  Breezy Point
Description:  The eastbound continues up the hill past the stopped westbound intermodal.
Photo Date:  6/4/1999  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 7:56:16 AM
Location:  Crawford, NE
Author:  John Wallace
Categories: 
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Views:  192   Comments: 0

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