Photo ID: 113937 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance to Berea Box Butte County, NE 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF At this time of year, the 6pm departure from Alliance resulted in some absolutely fantastic light on BNSF 1776 as it heads timetable west (geographically northwest) on the Butte Sub toward Crawford Hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113918 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance to Berea Box Butte County, NE 15 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 2026 is leading a mix of former Burlington Northern and Santa Fe passenger equipment a few mile west of Alliance. A pivot is currently running, showering growing crops in water under partly cloudy skies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113901 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Berea Berea, NE 13 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Employee Appreciate Special is barely rolling along on Main 1 as a coal load passes by east on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113900 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Berea Berea, NE 13 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Employee Appreciation Special is slow rolling on Main 1 just east of a red signal at Berea as it meets an eastbound coal load on Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113899 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Berea Berea, NE 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Butte Sub west of Alliance over Crawford Hill is almost entirely two main tracks. Of the 110 miles, 87 miles is two main tracks. There is a nine mile stretch of single track between Berea and Hemingford. Here, an eastbound coal load rolls over the hills, going from single track to Main 2 at Berea. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113898 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance to Berea Alliance, NE 14 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 2026 brings up tail end of the OALNALN8-31A on Main 1 west of Alliance. The train has a clear signal ahead, but it will ultimately get (very briefly) held up at Berea to meet an eastbound coal load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113897 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance to Berea Alliance, NE 13 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF Along with BNSF 1776, BNSF painted a second ES44AH and numbered it 2026. In 1976, for the bicentennial, many railroads painted two units in red, white, and blue and numbered them 1776 and 1976. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113896 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance to Berea Alliance, NE 10 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF A few miles east of Berea, BNSF 1776 leads with BNSF 3336 on a westbound journey on the Butte Sub west of Alliance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113895 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance to Berea Alliance, NE 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 1776 leads a mix of former Burlington Northern and Santa Fe passenger equipment. The train is headed west on Main 1. It will need to meet a coal load at Berea, where two main tracks drop to a single track, so it is not moving at track speed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.