UP 1826 (SD40N) works on sorting a string of cars in the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

With 74 loaded cars of Utah crude oil pushing down on the drawbars, UP 8835 slowly negotiates the mountain grade and tight curves of Coal Creek Canyon with its heavy oil train. In the background, ... (more)

UP 7871 works as the lone DPU motor as it brings up the rear of a 73 car empty St. James, LA to Wildcat, UT oil train at Coal Creek Canyon as it climbs the 1.8% grade between Blue Mountain Rd. and... (more)

An early March afternoon finds UP 7288 westbound with empty hoppers passing the imposing Wagner Mills elevators in Schuyler, NE. Fuji Velvia.

A Westbound UP manifest freight is seen passing through Pine Bluffs shortly after crossing from Nebraska into Wyoming on the Union Pacific Sidney Subdivision.

A Westbound manifest freight is holding in Kimball for a faster priority intermodal train to run around them over Archer Hill into Cheyenne.

Manifest freight. Photo by Calvin Christman. From my collection.

A Westbound grain train is seen between Kimball and Bushnell Nebraska running along Route 30 on the Union Pacific Sidney Subdivision.

EB freight passes under a bridge. Photo by Calvin Christman. From my collection.

Aesthetically my favorite of the line, this experimental, crammed onto an SD35 frame presents a big old chunk of power, as am I. Well, a chunk anyway. And old. I was delighted to catch it worki... (more)

Nice looking set of foreigners pulling this westbound train. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Freshly painted "snoot" and a nicely clean partner wheel and freight thru the north central Lone Star State. Photo by Calvin Christman, from my collection.

Another day at work, before the Interstate ruined the scene. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

LKK21 25 heads back into town after completing its work for the day.

CSX yard job Y102 pulls south on to the CSX Northern Subdivision as it takes headroom to work Parsons Yard on the south side of Columbus, Ohio. A GP38-3 and SD40-2 are providing the power, along w... (more)