Nothing gets in the way of the Inspection Special, and thats the case with coal train CWEAX 13. UP 6936 would take on a new crew in 15 minutes at Salina.

Leaving the Salt Lake Valley and the Wasatch Mountains behind, Union Pacific's Wimmer Engineering Special travels east through a location Rio Grande PR folks utilized to promote it's new streamlin... (more)

UP 6936 "Centennial" Special making its way east over the crest of the hill along Track #2 on the UP Jeff City Sub in Kirkwood on a beautiful mid April morning. When I heard on my scanner that the... (more)

Business car IDAHO brings up the rear as the Union Pacific special clears Illinois Route 10, East of Mason City, Illinois. The Wednesday leg of UP's engineering special saw the train run later ov... (more)

Union Pacific special rolls along in the Mackinaw River bottoms, south of South Pekin, Illinois on its way to a crew change. The Wednesday leg of UP's engineering special saw the train run later o... (more)

As it continued on its special run, UP 6936 wasn't wasting any time moving through Hot Sulphur Springs.

UP's Engineering Special starts the climb up Radnor Hill on the Peoria Sub.

The passenger special crosses U.S. Highway 36, in the wide expanse of eastern Colorado. This locomotive is the last of the "Centennial" units still operating.

A passenger special moves through an industrial area before heading east across the prairie. This locomotive is the last of it's kind still operating.

UP's lone operating Centennial diesel has no trouble pulling this passenger special upgrade along the Colorado River.

UP 6936 and its special train approach Abilene, the home town of IKE.

After a quick crew change in Salina, the massive DD40X breezes through the small town of Soloman.