Photo ID: 113940 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Niobrara River Box Butte County, NE 99 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF While BNSF has not followed other Class 1 railroads in repainting some engines in a "heritage" scheme, they painted two units that look extremely classy for the semiquincentnnial celebration of the United States. The two units are numbered 1776 and 2026, with 2026 seen here on the east end of a BNSF Employee Appreciation Special, crossing the Niobrara River near Marsland, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113939 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Niobrara River Box Butte County, NE 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Butte (BNSF) BNSF A few clouds hang in the sky as BNSF 1776 and BNSF 3336 cross the Niobrara River on Main 1 on the journey west on the Butte Sub on the east slope of Crawford Hill. The train is an Employee Appreciation Special, which BNSF runs from time to time. BNSF employees and their families were welcome to board the train in Alliance, NE for a trip over Crawford Hill. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113937 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance to Berea Box Butte County, NE 124 (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: 113936 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance Yard Alliance, NE 111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's Employee Appreciation Special crosses over West 3rd Street at the start of the Butte Subdivision. BNSF 2026 is bringing up the rear, but will be leading for the trip back to Alliance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113935 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance Yard Alliance, NE 134 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Precisely at 6pm, this BNSF Employee Appreciate Special start rolling out of the yard in Alliance with BNSF 1776 and BNSF 3336. The train was parked on Track 101 in the yard, as it about to enter CTC on Main 1 of the Butte Subdivision. The lighting could not have been better for this departure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113934 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance Yard Alliance, NE 132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF One of the units at BNSF's maintenance facility here in Alliance was BNSF 760, which was still sporting a pretty decent Warbonnet scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113933 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance Yard Alliance, NE 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF 1776 is getting ready for departure in an hour, taking the Employee Appreciation Special west on the Butte Sub to Crawford Hill. The special is stopped on Track 101. Track 104 is filled with a long line of units currently in long term storage. Most of the units are SD70MACs. Note the (former) MRL SD40 that has joined the line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113932 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance Yard Alliance, NE 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF has a massive maintenance facility in Alliance, NE, for both engines and railcars. Maintenance items that cannot be completed in Denver typically result in the engine or car being forwarded to Alliance. Prior to BNSF, Alliance was one of the largest maintenance facilities on Burlington Northern. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113931 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance Yard Alliance, NE 120 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF While waiting for the 6pm departure of BNSF's Employee Appreciate Special from Alliance, I noticed a Heritage 1 "Goat Boat", so I had to grab a shot. The name "Goat Boat" has two origins. "Goat" comes from the fact that the original Heritage 1 paint scheme for BNSF is very similar to the Great Northern Railway, which is one of the railroads that merged together to from Burlington Northern in 1970. The Great Northern had a Mountain Goat in its herald. "Boat" comes from the old reference to GE locomotives as "U-Boats", from their early designations such as U30C. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113930 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Letan to CP 120 Morrill County, NE 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian National While not as flat as eastern Nebraska, the Angora Sub south of Alliance definitely represents more of the plains than the Butte Sub north of Alliance. Here, a CN ES44AC brings up the end of this southbound loaded sand train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113929 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Letan to CP 120 Morrill County, NE 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian National A pair of Canadian Nationals, an ES44AC and an ET44AC, lead a (loaded) unit sand train south on Main 2 on the Angora Sub. The train is headed for Bill, WY on the Orin Sub in the Powder River Basin. When the train reaches Bridgeport, NE, it will turn west on the Valley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113928 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Alliance to Letan Box Butte County, NE 109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Angora (BNSF) BNSF, Canadian National Loved the opportunity to get a shot of Canadian National units on a unit sand train. Do not get a lot of Canadian National power in Colorado, so seeing them here, just south of Alliance, NE on the Angora Sub was a nice treat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113927 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance Yard Alliance, NE 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Canadian National An ES44AC and a (Tier-4) ET44AC, both Canadian National, lead a BNSF unit sand train south out of the yard at Alliance. The train will take the Angora Sub to Bridgeport, NE and turn right and take the Valley Sub to the Powder River Basin. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113926 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance Yard Alliance, NE 124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Canadian National This unit sand train was loaded on the Canadian National. when the train was handed over to BNSF, the CN power was kept on the train. Two units on the head end and a single DPU brings up the rear. The train has a fresh crew onboard and the train is departing the south end of Alliance toward the Angora Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113925 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 31, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alliance Yard Alliance, NE 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF As the conductor on a loaded unit sand train walks back toward the head end of CN 2958, getting ready for departure, BNSF 6377 is waiting for a crew to take a coal empty to the Powder River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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