Signals stand guard over the Union Pacific mainline at milepost 101.2 in Silver Creek, Nebraska, as the sun sets on May 15th, 2013.

It's a nice day for outdoor work on May 14th, 2013, as Iowa Interstate GP38-2 717 has a traction motor/wheel set replaced on its rear truck at the shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Photo taken on ... (more)

Power for local trains lays over for the weekend in McCook, Nebraska, on May 11th, 2013. BNSF Dash 8-40B 8610 (former Santa Fe 7420) peeks out from behind GP38 2128 (ex-BN 2128, originally Frisco... (more)

BNSF train U-BERAGW0-08T (crude oil from Berthold ND to AGW-Amory MS) heads through Greenwood, Nebraska, on May 15th, 2013. A lone SD70ACe, 9327, is on the headend, while ES44AC 6053 and ES44C4 6... (more)

Sunning themselves in Canadian National's yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on May 14th, 2013, are a pair of Dash 8-40CW diesels with interesting lineages: CN 2144 was originally Santa Fe 818, and I... (more)

Dark storm clouds are gathering on the horizon as HLCX SD40 5004 brings a westbound Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway train under Highway 83 in Cedar Bluffs, Kansas, on May 7th, 2013. The 5004 is ... (more)

There isn't much here to give away the year as 2013 rather than 1948, other than the Santa Fe logo and safety slogan on the turntable being a bit too worn. Santa Fe 3751 takes a spin on the turnt... (more)

Ed Dickens, Union Pacific Railroad's Manager of Heritage Equipment (better known as the UP's steam program), who had been fireman on Santa Fe 3751's trip from San Bernardino to Los Angeles, climbe... (more)

Hot BNSF Railway train Z-NYCLAC7-04L (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; New York NY - Los Angeles CA) overtakes Union Pacific train CWELB1 03 (Coal; Arco CO to Long Beach CA) in Victorville, California... (more)

Union Pacific SD70ACe 8319, AC6000 Convertible (what UP calls C44/60AC) 7339 and SD70M 5047 pull train KLBG4D 06 through the "moonscape" of east Victorville, California, on April 6th, 2013. Shovi... (more)

Metrolink's newest wrap coach was unveiled just in time the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's home opener the next day. Metrolink operates trains to (and from) Angels weeknight home games (south fr... (more)

On April 6th, 2013, BNSF ES44DC 7462 leads train Z-LACWSP9-06L (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Los Angeles CA - Willow Springs IL) toward the natural cross-over at Frost, just west of Victorville, C... (more)

BNSF Railway train M-SDGBAR1-05A (Regular Merchadise; San Diego to Barstow) holds the middle main, train Z-LACCHI7-06L (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Los Angeles to Chicago) overtakes it. The M-SD... (more)

A quartet of brand-new Union Pacific SD70ACe diesels sit on the "Dodo" track at the railroad's Dolores Yard on a bright April 1st, 2013. Coupled behind UP 8813 are units 8820, 8812 and 8818.

BNSF Railway train M-WATBAR1-22A, the railroad's daily Watson to Barstow merchandise train, pauses in Fullerton on February 22nd, 2013, to await a meet with a westbound BNSF freight (note the clea... (more)