This train, the Union Pacific MRORV, was the second of three bunched up westbound trains I saw this day on Silver Zone Pass. It was behind the BNSF QPVS8J and ahead of a loaded coal train destined... (more)

I first encountered this westbound BNSF trackage rights train on UP’s Shafter sub while I was driving west on parallel Interstate 80 west of Salt Lake City. Maintenance of Way work near Aragonit... (more)

I could see this coal load climbing out of Wendover for almost 40 minutes before arriving under my perch on the side of Silver Zone Pass. The rear DPU's are rounding Arnolds's Loop. One picture ca... (more)

This train had by far the best head end power of any of the three trains I saw this afternoon on Silver Zone Pass. It's not common to see CSX power on the Shafter Sub. This train was the last in l... (more)

A westbound doublestack is rolling through Palisade Canyon on a beautiful afternoon.

Columbine, Texas Eagle and Cheyenne make up a short UP special, eastbound along the Truckee River near Wadsworth.

Harkening back to the days when the California Zephyr plied the rails of Western Pacific's 3rd Subdivision, the westbound Feather River Express rolls across Clio Trestle with former California Zep... (more)

Hugging the northern slope of Afton Canyon, Union Pacific's Cima Subdivision twists its way through the spectacular rock walls and formations just above the northern bank of the Mojave River wash.... (more)

Just below the former SP station of Ravenna UP's westbound ZLCLT works up the former Saugus Line, now Metrolink's Valley Subdivision, with UP 7964 on the point. UP 7964 holds the distinction of be... (more)

With UP C45ACCTE 7996 on the point eastbound intermodal tonnage digs into the grade on the western slope of Beaumont Hill, passing through the outskirts of Redlands, CA on Union Pacific's Yuma Sub... (more)

A beautiful afternoon in Sin City finds a westbound Union Pacific hopper train passing the hotels on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.

Westbound stack train, heading for the port of Los Angeles

An old and tired looking train for sure...as it slowly makes the journey to the port of Long Beach, CA

Westbound manifest moving slowly through the "S" curve at Jean

The LA&SL is known as a very barren line with little online traffic. For the most part this is true, but there are a several spurs around the Las Vegas area that feed the mainline. The longest of ... (more)