Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Big Boy 4014 passes through Gothenburg, Nebraska and a monster coal train rains black diamonds on the camera crew during a thunderstorm.
While filming trains on Union Pacific's Kearney Subdivision a sudden strong breeze from a nearby thunderstorm envelopes the camera operator in a black cloud from a passing coal train. The camera keeps rolling!
This is an excerpt from our program "Union Pacific's Kearney Sub; The Triple Track Main" DVD and Blu-ray.
More information about the program can be found here:
7ideaproductions.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-kearney-sub-union-pacifics-triple-track-main
Big Boy 4014 passes through Gothenburg, Nebraska and a monster coal train rains black diamonds on the camera crew during a thunderstorm.
While filming trains on Union Pacific's Kearney Subdivision a sudden strong breeze from a nearby thunderstorm envelopes the camera operator in a black cloud from a passing coal train. The camera keeps rolling!
This is an excerpt from our program "Union Pacific's Kearney Sub; The Triple Track Main" DVD and Blu-ray.
More information about the program can be found here:
7ideaproductions.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-kearney-sub-union-pacifics-triple-track-main
![Back on the Rail [Toledo Derailment Update]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wPHh5yHxkfU/mqdefault.jpg "Back on the Rail [Toledo Derailment Update]
Watch three locomotives rescued by the Rick Franklin Corporation after derailing onto a trestle in Toledo, Oregon.
If you are interested in the backstory of this railroad line, check out these other videos on YouTube! https://youtu.be/-ZA-cjeXh7M?si=mgOpQSFArtDRoSHU
https://youtu.be/UBievh8ETOc?si=c-KEb4ExSdzzw7Ss
https://youtu.be/5DBJBrZweeM?si=oL0u09dPnlMNYmOW")
![Rails Through the Freezer [Where Trains Battle Winter]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xAs1CgoXUGM/mqdefault.jpg "Rails Through the Freezer [Where Trains Battle Winter]
This is a compilation of some of my favorite winter scenes from the past fifteen years of shooting train videos in the western US and Canada.
Featured videos include:
Manned Helpers on Soldier Summit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjciaCuNujo
The Funnel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dexc0OJJ-8&t=142s
Canadas Fraser Canyon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mo0UAuXy3M
Canadas Thompson Canyon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDu1rGOrgXw&t=1704s
Through the Shadow of Mt Shasta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV6k3SGrGrc
Through the Oregon Cascades Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF962nigskQ
MRL Montana Main Line Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d-4-MZjT-4&t=25s
Winter on Stevens Pass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ygaiz49zUg
0:00 Intro
1:58 Soldier Summit Snow, UT
8:50 Lake Pend Oreille, ID
12:02 CP and CN in the Fraser and Thompson Canyons
19:36 UPs Black Butte Sub, CA
22:28 Winter in the Oregon Cascades
29:59 MRL on Mullan Pass, MT
36:18 Stevens Pass Snow, WA")
![The Kearney Sub [Union Pacifics Triple Track Main]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yj9AtnprTh0/mqdefault.jpg "The Kearney Sub [Union Pacifics Triple Track Main]
In the heart of America there is a super-highway paved with steel running between North Platte and Gibbon Junction, Nebraska.
It is known as the Kearney Subdivision and historically it has seen well over 100 trains per day. Traffic may be down from the line’s heyday in the early and mid-2000’s, yet this is still a fantastic place to watch trains.
This program begins with a nighttime visit to the Golden Spike Tower as a summertime thunderstorm lights up Bailey Yard. We then turn east through Maxwell, the Buttermilk Curves, Gothenburg, Lexington, Kearney, Gibbon Junction, and many other noted locations before wrapping up at the BNSF flyover at Grand Island.
Dominating the scene are monster double-coal trains that measure up to three miles in length, running to and from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. In addition to coal are mixed manifests, hot-shot intermodals, and locals that service industry found along the route.
Along with cameras on the ground, aerial coverage of the Buttermilk Curves and Gibbon Junction gives a whole new perspective to this amazing line.
This program is available on DVD and Blu-ray by visiting 7ideaproductions.com. https://www.7ideaproductions.com/products/the-kearney-sub-union-pacifics-triple-track-main?_pos=1&_sid=b41afb6be&_ss=r
0:00 Intro
2:34 Map
4:08 North Platte
10:10 Platte River
24:08 Keith
32:14 Maxwell
45:37 Pawnee
48:53 Brady Curves (Buttermilk Curves)
59:51 Gothenburg
1:05:22 Willow Island
1:07:52 Peppered by a Coal Train
1:12:40 Cozad
1:16:16 Darr
1:25:32 Lexington
1:30:28 Overton
1:32:17 Elm Creek
1:44:46 Kearney
1:48:02 Gibbon
1:49:33 Gibbon Junction
2:08:22 Shelton
2:08:47 Wood River
2:10:53 Grand Island")
