Katy and MoPac heritage lead mixed freight through De Kalb, Illinois.

Due to a large washout on BNSF's Hinckley Sub near Holyoke, UP detoured at least two Superior to Des Moines trains over the Brainerd Sub. Here a BNSF Dilworth crew hustles M-ITDM west past the Nor... (more)

In true large barge fashion, this Elkhart, IN, (off the NS) to North Platte, NE, freight rumbles west with around 10,000 feet of manifest junk for NP. The train seen here passing thru CP 100 at Wa... (more)

The main reason I was out today with the boys was to see the westbound deadhead move of the UP passenger special heading back to the Bluffs. This train just spent a few days touring the eastern US... (more)

The main reason I was out today with the boys was to see the westbound deadhead move of the UP passenger special heading back to the Bluffs. This train just spent a few days touring the eastern US... (more)

The railroad relocated this section of track around Shawmut in 1959 to reduce some of the curves from the original railroad that was constructed in 1879 by the SP of Arizona. The railroad drops do... (more)

Heavy thunderstorms fill the sky across the Wyoming countryside as UP SD9043MAC #3663 and NS SD70ACu #7248 (an ex UP SD9043MAC) lead a westbound grain train down the grade and through the searchli... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific empty coal train works its way upgrade thru Tunnel 29. The train is approaching Pinecliffe, Colorado. The train has been steadily climbing along South Boulder Creek sin... (more)

UP 8189 leads a WB manifest on bottom track as the sun sets on a beautiful wet June day.

'Main line through.....Wyoming?' As a weather front begins to push in over Wyoming Union Pacific 1989, D&RGW heritage unit, has a hold of westbound tonnage dropping down grade from Pine Ridge into... (more)

NS 18A pulls through Bellevue on "The South Bypass" headed for Route 99 with a NS Dash 9 Bracketed by two UP Motors. Once 18A gets to Route 99 they will shove their train into the A yard... (more)

UP 2002, one of the commemorative Salt Lake City Olympic units, idles in North Yard on the back of the MNPWC 14 with its namesake city in the backdrop.

KCS westbound empty military train crossing Lake Lavon with yellow power.

UP 4126 highballs Michaud, Idaho leading a rerouted Roseville, CA to Eastport, ID manifest extra as the last bit of daylight fades away. Searchlights still guard the switches and siding at the eas... (more)

The collapse of Tunnel 11 on Union Pacific’s Cascade line in Oregon has resulted in some detours through Utah. I set out to find and shoot some of these detours far from their usual haunts. My f... (more)