Nostalgia & History > LMX Helpers on Crawford Hill, August, 1989

1. LMX B39-8Es 8551, 8596, 8510 & 8591, with Burlington Northern Fuel Tender FT-30, are heading back to Crawford after pushing an E/B Powder River Basin unit coal train up Crawford Hill. This view from the East Belmont Road overpass. 8-22-89 in Belmont, NE.

2. After cutting off from the rear of an E/B Powder River Basin unit coal train, an LMX B39-8E helper set (8528, 8552, 8585 & 8565, with BN Fuel Tender FT-16) is heading down hill back to Crawford to await their next assignment. 8-22-89 in Belmont, NE.

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Wow, the negative experiences I had with those infernal B39s on MRL would make me extremely wary of having them in helper service, handling any kind of heavy tonnage... :^( 

Lance