UP 1526 departs the yard to switch some local industries.

Rolling toward Los Angeles is a Union Pacific double-stack train being pulled by UP Dash 8-40C 9129, teamed with a pair of SD60s and two more Dash 9-40Cs. (Ontario, California – March 1988)

UP 7425 (ES44AC) runs a hopper train through the North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

Knowing that the local would have to clear the line first. I knew I had a chance if I hurried I could pull this shot off. I was happy with the results.

Thanks radio chatter I was able to learn the LUE46 local was still out on the line. I rushed over and was able to catch it just in time. It wasn't until I was processing the photo, I learned the s... (more)

Snow Covered Great Divide Heavy snow covers the eastern slope along the Indian Peaks and Rollins Pass. Daily oil sure helped make a pleasant shot in knee deep new snow.

With a Proviso yard crew shuttling this train east, UPs MCLPR crawls into Wheaton with a rebuilt SD40, along with various Aces & GEs, in the lead.

With time for the crew running thin, UPs Clinton, IA to Proviso, IL manifest rumbles towards Metra territory, where they'd park up for a relief. Todays train was the talk of the town with a former... (more)

Here's a roster view of one of Union Pacific's freshly rebuilt DC to AC locomotives.

UP 8006 (ES44AC) leads a power-heavy freight south on the Greeley Sub through Brighton, Colorado. Warm weather has melted the recent snow, providing a reflecting mud puddle alongside the track.

I decided to try a new shot. Almost didn't happen, had to really open up the camera with the last light of the day.

UP 8834 (SD70AH) runs through Coal Creek Canyon as two mid-helper engines in the background run down the hill in the from Tunnel #1.

UP 8834 (SD70AH) leads an oil can train through the turn at Crescent, Colorado on a sunny and windy day.

A western visitor leads a tank train down The Big Sandy, through the small community of Wagner on the outskirts of Pikeville.

With a freshly rebuilt DC to AC GE leader, the Fort Worth Manifest pulls hard (but slow) through Cabazon as it fights the grade.