In order to conquer the climb up Crawford Hill, there are two horseshoe curves. The first is 180° wrapping one direction and the second is 180° wrapping the other way, allowing the tracks to climb the grade. Here, an eastbound coal load is in the first horseshoe curve on the climb up the hill.
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This eastbound BNSF coal load is slowly grinding its way up the west slope of Crawford Hill. Although most people tend to think of Nebraska as being flat, there are some nice hills and a decent grade just southeast of Crawford, NE.
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There are long, open stretches of track on BNSF's Butte Subdivision in South Dakota. The tracks just cut across the southwest corner of the states, covering a distance of just under 50 miles on the journey between Wyoming and Nebraska.
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An eastbound BNSF coal load passes through the small township of Provo, SD on the Butte Subdivision. This stretch of the subdivision is two main tracks. In addition to coal trains, it sees a fair amount of both intermodal and manifest traffic.
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