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Chicago Burlington & Quincy - see CB&Q



Speeder push crane displayed in beside CB&Q caboose #14581 at Beatrice, Nebraska. 8/3/96 - T. Greuter Photo ·




Burlington Northern - see BN Freight

BN 961657- powered crane passes by Lincoln Station. 3/29/96 - T. Greuter Photo

BN 962064 - lifting a whole section of track for replacement at a grade crossing. 1/9/96 - T. Greuter Photo




BN 962817
- flatcar for transporting sections of rail; Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo ·



BN 965130
- side 'dump' car; Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo ·
BN 965140 - dump car (different style from above) for hauling ballast and rock, parked near the Havelock Shops 4/30/97 - T. Greuter Photo

BN 972558 - Rotary Snowblower also displayed during the annual event. It's warming up here after a blistery winter clearing track in South Dakota. 6/17/95 - T. Greuter Photo


BN 972558 - Another view - T. Greuter Photo


BN 972622 - A Pair of Jordan spreaders parked at the Havelock Shops, Lincoln, Nebraska.10/99 - T. Greuter Photo


Another view - T. Greuter Photo



Another view - T. Greuter Photo





BN 972673
- a Jordan Spreader at Lincoln Station; April 2003, Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo ·


BN 979006 - scale test car chills on a frigid afternoon at the Havelock Shops. 2/7/01 - T. Greuter Photo



BN 979019 - a scale test car traces well-polished rails outside Hobson Yard. - T. Greuter Photo





BN Fairmont Speeder
- Brownsville, Nebraska; 2002- T. Greuter Photo ·

BN X 24-2755 - at Hobson Yard. 9/11/95 - T. Greuter Photo

BN S1708034(?) - a small burro crane. Apologies in advance, the picture's quality is poor. 6/23/95 - T. Greuter Photo


BN 1036 heavy hi-railer - 4/01 - T. Greuter Photo



BN hi-railer #10509
- at Lincoln, Nebraska, 2002 - T. Greuter Photo ·

BN 12497 - loaded with wheelsets at the Havelock shops. 8/11/01 - T. Greuter Photo


BN 14341 hi-railer - 4/01 - T. Greuter Photo



BN Heavy Wrecker Truck & Trailer
- notice this one does not wear the BN emblem however; at Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo ·


Burlington Northern Santa Fe - see BNSF Freight




BNSF Wrecker #14886
- Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo ·

BNSF 15817 - hi-railer at the east mouth of Hobson Yard; Lincoln, Nebraska 4/01 - T. Greuter Photo



BNSF "Mantis 30011"
- Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo ·




Miscellaneous Roads

USAF - these old rail crane's looming fate seems certain, they are on a deadline to be scrapped at Council Bluffs, Iowa - T. Greuter Photo ·



Gandy dancer at Stuhr Museum, Grand Island. June 30, 2001 - T. Greuter Photo ·



Gandy dancer at Stuhr Museum, Grand Island. June 30, 2001 - T. Greuter Photo ·



Gandy dancer, passenger depot and static train display at Stuhr Museum, Grand Island. June 30, 2001 - T. Greuter Photo ·



Some pretty cool junk lies among the tracks behind the train shed - the pushcar to the front-left appears to be the remains of a home-made speeder. Stuhr Museum, Grand Island. June 30, 2001 - T. Greuter Photo ·




Missouri-Kansas-Texas MKT

 

MKT 1041 - an ex-MKT steam crane on the Georgetown RR property near Georgetown,Texas; April 1985 - © Gary Morris Photo




Missouri Pacific - see MP MoW @ Screaming Eagles






Union Pacific - see UP Freight



UP Ohio crane and tender #58094 - Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo ·


UP Pushcar - Lincoln, Nebraska - T. Greuter Photo ·

Despite the onset of the diesels, robotic track-layers and ribbon rail, the hand tools of the trade remain the same now as they have for over a hundred years. It looks like the spike-driver has had some creative carving done around it's handle. 12/13/96 - T. Greuter Photo


A Union Pacific crew throws some sparks as they prepare to replace some damaged trackage. - T. Greuter Photo




Last update: 13 November, 2003
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