A new SD70ACe-T4 is the sole power on a westbound empty coal train.

A new Tier 4 SD70ACe is on the point of this empty coal train that is tied down in the siding at Vernon due to multiple washouts around the Kansas City area earlier in the week.

UP 3028, a new tier 4 ACe, leads a westbound manifest.

An eastbound 8-car engineering special approaches the Mississippi River bridge to cross into Illinois from Iowa.

UP ran an engineering special along the Geneva sub. It is passing CPY055, which is still protected by CNW searchlights and still uses codeline within the interlocking.

An eastbound 8-car engineering special passes the former Chicago & North Western depot at Clinton. The UP recently re-purchased the depot and surround land from private owners, but no plan has be... (more)

UP 3034 leads the business train North on the Villa Grove Sub.

#3027, one of Union Pacific’s brand new SD70Ace-T4’s, is the lead engine on a matched set of 3 T-4’s leading the MNYRO-14 today. The train is seen here near the east switch of Grassy siding... (more)

A new Tier 4 ACe and a older Tier 3 ACe sit in the yard in Galesburg, offering a nice comparison between new and old ACes.

Three brand new EMD SD70Ace-T4’s coming at you in eastern Utah. Thanks to a very helpful railfan in the Denver area I got enough advance notice of this MNYRO to get into position to capture thes... (more)

Power shot of EMD tier 4's 3019, 3027, and GF Tier 4 2617.

EMD tier 4's 3019, 3027, and 3014 on the DPU on the Salt Lake to Denver manifest. The front of the consistency also had a GE tier 4 2617.

Two for the price of one, as the UP 3014 was pointing west on the DPU on the Salt Lake to Denver manifest. UP 3019, 3027, 2617 were on the head end of the 126 car MRONY-16.

I got to see and photograph my first EMD tier 4's 3019, 3027, and 3014 on the DPU on the Salt Lake to Denver manifest. The front of the consistency also had a GE tier 4 2617. UTA Front Runner 3 al... (more)

Todays MNYRO was a three bagger of new and very clean Tier 4 ACe's. Utah's Book Cliffs form a dramatic background here at the east switch of Grassy in the barren desert. Next stop for this train ... (more)