A westbound mixed freight has drawn the beast of UP motive power today, along with some friends. These magnificent examples of EMD's prowess were never preserved.

I'm standing on the steps and the famous old tower, still manned at the time, probably sipping ice tea. Jay, the tower operator, allowed me to hang out in air conditioned comfort while waiting fo... (more)

UP GE U50 32 waits for its next run at the Roads Huge North Platte Yard on a nice spring day in April 1974

A northbound manifest passes the now-abandoned Vinson Industrial Lead in south Austin

Union Pacific Big Boy engine #4014 (4-8-8-4) heads east through Nebraska during its 2021 run.

UP 6933 leads an eastbound intermodal hotshot over the top of the Blue Mountains of Oregon at Meacham. The lash up is their typical DD40AX-SD40-2-DD40AX consist.

On a gorgeous Seattle November day, SD45 3618 and mate sandwich BN SD40-2 6910 at Argo Yard. In addition to UP's own wide range of power, their practice of encouraging run through trains with nea... (more)

UP 2001 (SD70M) was painted over 19 years ago to commemorate the Winter Olympics and it is still one of the best looking units on the rails toady.

A pair of Union Pacific’s abundant GE AC4400CWs lead an eastbound coal train out of the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, during the peak of autumn color in the high country on O... (more)

A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Special pauses at La Salle, Colorado, on April 27, 2006. The train will make several trips on the railroad’s Greeley Subdivision and is powered by a pair of E... (more)

Operating for the Union Pacific Historical Society, a train dubbed the “City of Yoder,” ran from Cheyenne to South Morrill and return on the UP Yoder Subdivision on July 10, 2009. Powered by U... (more)

Union Pacific’s unique rail detector car DC-3 smokes it up a bit at is excellerates while inspecting UP’s Kearney Subdivision main line in July 1981. This car was originally built in 1928 as a... (more)

Union Pacific Track Evaluation Car EC-2 makes a brief stop in Cozad, Nebraska, while testing the busy UP mainline across the state. (August 20, 1987)

Westbound UP grain empty Loring, KS.

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 runs fast into morning sunlight with a short ferry train at Rock Springs.