Coming past the Fraser depot, UP 1988 is rolling east at about 12 MPH. With four units and 78 cars, the train is probably right around 2.0 HPT, which is about the bare minimum to crawl up the 2% g... (more)

The eastbound Zephyr is making its way through the siding at Tabernash around an eastbound coal load with UP 1988 on the point. With the sun moving into the western sky, the light is just perfect ... (more)

On a chilly October day (42°F), UP 1988 sits on the point of an eastbound coal load on the main at Tabernash as a few lazy clouds glide across the sky. The train, which loaded at Energy on the Cr... (more)

UP 1988 works its way through the narrow canyon known as "Little Gore Canyon". The canyon starts at Tunnel 39 to the east (which the train is approaching) and ends just past Tunnel 40 to... (more)

On a pristine October day in the Colorado high country, an eastbound coal load (with UP 1988 on the point) climbs the gentle 0.15% grade along the Colorado River just east of Yarmony.

Located high above Colorado State Highway 131, UP 1988 leads an eastbound coal load toward the end of the Craig Branch at Center Bond. To the left, you can see another coal load on the main at Bon... (more)

Lady Katy rolls a potash train to Longview, WA. Long at them searchlights...

After a 14 hour drive from Chicago we made it into Cheyenne 30 minutes before sunset which was perfect timing to catch UP 1988 East leading MRVNPP.

Conforming to the reverse curves between Heard and Hermosa eastbound tonnage challenges gravity on the climb out of Laramie to the top of Sherman Hill. Nearly 10 miles remain for the eastbound man... (more)

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

Exiting Tunnel 5 1/2 on its approach to King City, UP 1988 leads an El Paso, Texas-bound empty auto train down the ex-Southern Pacific coast line on a perfectly clear morning.

Union Pacific's 'Katy' heritage 1988 unit crosses the Truckee River in December 2017 near Verdi, Nevada. Union Pacific 1988 is an EMD SD70ACe locomotive owned by Union Pacific Railroad. It is one ... (more)

Union Pacifc's Missouri - Kansas - Texas heritage unit #1988 leads train IG4G3 west through the Metra depot at La Fox and on into the farmlands of northern Illinois. At Global 3, the train will ma... (more)

IG4G3 heads west on the old CNW passing by the Metra depot at West Chicago with the Katy heritage unit in charge.

UP 1988 "The Katy" heritage unit recently arrived in charge of an Intermodal Nuevo Laredo-Toluca sits next to 2 older predecessor of the SD70ACe, a GP38-2 and a rebuilt to Slug GP40-2.