A beautiful backdrop is seen just north of Bond as five UP engines lead the Phippsburg Local east as they round the horseshoe curve at Copper Spur Road.
Espee was no stranger to the Kansas City area, using ATSF and UP tracks east of KC and former Rock Island and MoPac tracks toward Tucumcari and Pueblo, respectively. The signal bridge says "S... (more)
Delta Fire Aftermath. On September 5th, 2018, the Delta Fire ignited along Interstate 5, approximately two miles north of Lakehead, California. The fire grew rapidly, closing Interstate 5 a... (more)
Midwesterners on the Moffat After I moved from Wisconsin to Colorado in 1997, this is the first train I photographed! An eastbound Union Pacific freight drops downgrade encircling the m... (more)
Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5401 leads seven Union Pacific and Southern Pacific locomotives as power for UP’s Denver to Salt Lake City manifest freight into Tolland, Colorado, ... (more)
The former C&NW 8816 with another patched unit from the SP lead a manifest out of Fremont, NE on a lovely late summer afternoon.
Nearing its destination of UP Neff Yard, an SD90MAC leads UP Train MHOKC 14 past Old Union Depot Interlocking from BN 1 onto Track 82 of the KCT North-South Corridor as it starts crossing over to ... (more)
Yes, the date is correct. 1 of the 3 remaining C40-8's on the roster leads UP Train MKCSJ 18 assisted by an Ex-WP GP40-2 as it passes under the CB&Q Searchlight Cantilever Signals at East Armour ... (more)
Late in the afternoon of July 4, 2019, Mother Nature decided to provide some of her own fireworks over Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Torrential rain, lots of lightning and some wind sent us into... (more)
UP 8854 leads a westbound manifest on the Columbus Sub.
Union Pacific's busy (note the yellow signal for the eastbound main, indicating another train is imminent) triple-track mainline across Nebraska sees a lot of rail traffic, with a substantial numb... (more)
An eastbound manifest train crossing from Oregon into Idaho just east of Huntington, OR.
A westbound manifest passes under the CP WX548 cantilever at Hermosa.
Union Pacific train CBNP is approaching Grand Island, NE with an interesting consist on the point.