BNSF 3336 and BNSF 1776 bring up what is now the tail end of this BNSF Employee Appreciate Special at Belmont, at the top of Crawford Hill. The train is headed back the roughly 50 miles to Alliance, NE, where its passengers will detrain.
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At the top of Crawford Hill, BNSF 2026 has just knocked down a green signal on Main 1 as it heads east toward Alliance. BNSF 2026 is painted red, white, and blue, and sports "We the People" on the long hood, with Freedom on the radiator blister.
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At a quarter after 11am, BNSF 2026 leads this Employee Appreciate Special toward a green signal at Belmont at the top of Crawford Hill on Main 1. There used to be a tunnel here around the bend, but was taken out of service by Burlington Northern in 1982, replaced by a massive cut.
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BNSF 2026 is working on the 1.5%-2.0% grade on Crawford Hill, pulling an eastbound Employee Appreciation Special. The long S-Curve on Crawford Hill is ahead, with Breezy Point clear in the distance about BNSF 2026.
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After making a run over Crawford Hill, the crew on this BNSF Employee Appreciate Special has moved to BNSF 2026 on the east end of the train, and is now headed back toward Alliance on Main 1, approaching the intermediate signals at MP 414.9.
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When you think of Nebraska, the first thing that comes to mind might well be plains and farms. While that is certainly true in eastern Nebraska, western Nebraska includes the Black Hills, which has some good grades and beautiful scenery. Here, BNSF's Employee Appreciate Special is rolling west on Main 1 on Crawford Hill.
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BNSF 2026 is the trailing unit on a push/pull Employee Appreciation Special in the Black Hills of Nebraska, specifically on Crawford Hill. The steepest parts of Crawford Hill have two main tracks, including, as you can see, right here.
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On the west end of the S-Curves at Crawford Hill, we find BNSF's Employee Appreciate Special rollings down the grade on Main 1. The train will continue on for another 4-5 miles before stopping, and then changing directions and heading back east to Alliance.
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You can see the grade here on Crawford Hill pretty clearly. The tracks in the distance wrap around and you can see a cut higher up on the top-right of the shot. BNSF 1776 leads this special west on Main 1.
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The area at "Breezy Point" on the BNSF Butte Sub is essentially a two mile long S-Curve. BNSF's Employee Appreciate Special is descending on Main 1.
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A BNSF Employee Appreciate Special rolls down the grade on Crawford Hill just past the location known as Breezy Point. The train is running with dynamics now as it descends the 1.5% to 2.0% (depending on where you are) grade.
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BNSF's passenger equipment is being used on this Employee Appreciate Special on the Butte Sub on Crawford Hill. The train is headed away from the camera on Main 1 as an Lincoln-bound manifest heads east on Main 2.
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BNSF's Employee Appreciation Special is making track speed as it hustles west on Main 1. It is meeting a manifest that is on Main 2. The manifest is BNSF's Laurel, MT to Lincoln, NE manifest.
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BNSF 2026 brings up the tail end of BNSF's Employee Appreciate Special as it passes over the Niobrara River.
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BNSF's Employee Appreciate Special crosses over Niobrara River just east of Marsland, NE on Main 1. River might be a little generous at the moment, but the foliage is definitely greener along the river bed.
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