The California Zephyr pulls into Omaha depot. The train is over 3.5 hours late, with a normal scheduled time into Omaha around 5 am. Trains on this route between Chicago and San Francisco have str... (more)

In 1929, Burlington and Union Pacific announced plans to remodel the Burlington train depot in Omaha. It was completed in 1931 and passenger train travel flourished with several tracks and trains... (more)

On our 8th day in Omaha, I woke up and checked the Amtrak app to see if the train had arrived already. As had been the case for several days in a row, Amtrak 6 was running late. I got in my car ... (more)

While visiting the Omaha Zoo, I kept hearing what sounded like engines idling and rail cars banging. I knew we had to be close to a freight yard. After some exploring, I discovered the way down ... (more)

UP 4023 and UP 6900 welcome travelers to Omaha every year for the Men's College World Series in Baseball, sitting on top of a hill overlooking the interstate and across from the old Rosenblatt Sta... (more)

At the top of the 3rd inning with Notre Dame leading Texas 2-0, UP 1943 sits on display for thousands of college baseball fans from 8 different schools to see. UP has a display unit for the Men's ... (more)

Union Pacific GE U-50's 46 and 50 along with two GP9's are being serviced at the Omaha shops. The end is near for the three ALCO switchers in the yard. Photo by Ken Crist, from my slide collecti... (more)

Long bumped from the hot intermodal service for which it was built, BNSF Dash 8-40BW 556 (ex-Santa Fe 556) is working with BNSF GP30 2828 (ex-Burlington Northern 2828, ex-BN GP30 2219, née-Chicag... (more)

After an employee's only event, UP 1979 was moved to the display area at Home Plate.

CEO Lance Fritz addresses the crowd at an employees only event in Omaha featuring UP 1979.

UP 6941 sits with MKT 213 and other various UP locomotives at the Union Pacific Omaha diesel shops. There were also Missouri Pacific, Western Pacific diesels at the shops, as well as the UP 951 E... (more)

The Powder River coal boom resulted in many cooperative arrangements between companies that were more typically competitors, as illustrated by this scene of BN and C&NW power being combined at the... (more)

A spotless rebuilt SW9 tows biz car 101 toward the Mississippi River and Council Bluffs beyond. 101 is the oldest car in the fleet, but now wears name 'Selma'.

That caboose is pristine, as is the SW14 up front, but biz car 101 - perhaps fresh from being refurbished - is the star. Built by Pullman in 1912, I believe it was renumbered a couple times, then... (more)