The Union Pacific Spirit unit leads a Council Bluffs bound business train west through College Ave.

UP 8996 (SD70AH), 7885 (ES44AC), 5920 (GE AC44CW-CTE) and 9007 (SD70AH) wait in Helper (UT) for her next duties.

UP 1943 Leading an empty Business Special back to Council Bluffs

"Little Falls Spirit"

UP 1943 leads a business train past the College Avenue CNW depot.

UP 1943 leads CSX P901-22 west as it flies over the diamonds of East Chicago, Indiana. This is where the classic Cal Tower sat for many years guarding the old B&OCT, IHB, and EJ&E.

Union Pacific Office Car Special returns West through Syracuse's New York State Fairgrounds area at dinner time. Locomotives: UP 1943 and UP 9090

Union Pacific Office Car Special passes the platform of the temporarily closed Rome Amtrak Train Station (former New York Central RR) in the morning sunshine at lightning speed. Locomotives: UP ... (more)

On the first day of Fall, the UP OCS made a visit to Upstate NY. It is seen here passing under Rt 30 in Amsterdam on the WB deadhead move. The train made a morning run from Buffalo to Railex in So... (more)

After a speedy early morning trip from Buffalo the UP OCS arrives at it's destination in Rotterdam NY.

On a windy, cool Saturday morning on the first day of fall, the 12 car UP OCS storms the tight curve towards CP-215 alongside the Mohawk River. The special departed Buffalo a little before 7am a... (more)

On the first day of Fall, the hottest train on CSX rolls down the Mohawk Valley in Upstate NY. The train is passing Lock 13 on the NYS Barge Canal. The UP OCS ran from Buffalo-Frontier to the Rail... (more)

"The Spirit Visits the Mohawk Valley"

On CSX’s Mohawk Subdivision (originally New York Central’s “Water Level Route”), Union Pacific’s OCS heads east through Cranesville, NY along the Mohawk River, passing Lock 10 of the Eri... (more)

After wying the train and reversing for a photo op on the Castleton Bridge over the Hudson, the UP OCS prepares to stop ahead for it's crew swap before it will head west back to Council Bluffs. ... (more)