North Platte, Nebraska, was and remains the place to sample everything old and new running on the Union Pacific. On October 2, 1966, the new included Alco Century 855 61, parked at the fuel rack j... (more)
By the early 1960s Union Pacific was looking around for a diesel model to replace its turbines, something that, run in three-unit sets, could produce 15,000 hp. GE’s answer was the twin-engine U... (more)
Burlington Northern “Expediter” intermodal No. 41 is about to clatter across the Chicago Central diamonds at East Dubuque, Illinois, on March 10, 1991. This very unique track arrangement is at... (more)