UP 4533 (SD70M) leads an officer train through Barbara's Gulch between Chemical and Rocky, Colorado.

UP 2698 (AC4400CW) leads an oil can train through Leyden, Colorado.

Union Pacific 2-8-8-0 3604 leads 61 car freight number 258 east at 12 MPH in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Some trains are harder to photograph than others. In my attempt to find something good to shoot Saturday. I stumbled across this eastbound in the SLC Intermodal yard about 8:30 a.m. The LA Z train... (more)

I was heading home from work, driving across the tracks, and notice a green signal. I made a quick U turn, parked and got trackside. Fortuity the train didn't disappoint, a rebuild C44ACM in new p... (more)

UP 7205, 6440, & 3060 lead a westbound mixed freight.

UP 7302 & 6521 power a westbound manifest.

UP 4533 (SD70M) leads an officer passenger train around the windbreak at Big Ten Curve as it heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Heavy snow falls as UP 6657 (AC4400CW) leads an oil train through a corner at Tolland, Colorado, heading east on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

A pair of SD70's lead this Englewood, TX, to South St. Paul, MN, freight that has slowed up for the curves and diamond at Iowa Falls. The train passes over the branch the UP that runs over to Alde... (more)

A local fisherman enjoys the fishing on this warm evening as this South St. Paul to Des Moines freight train slowly rolls over the Iowa River in Iowa Falls. The train is working south on the Spine... (more)

A local fisherman enjoys the fishing on this warm evening as this South St. Paul to Des Moines freight train slowly rolls over the Iowa River in Iowa Falls. The train is working south on the Spine... (more)

A Roseport, MN, to Pasadena, CA, coke train rolls down a very cold Spineline. While it might be sunny, it's around -20 wind chill. It was a pretty miserable day out taking photos. Don't see too ma... (more)

A Roseport, MN, to Pasadena, CA, coke train rolls down a very cold Spineline. While it might be sunny, it's around -20 wind chill. It was a pretty miserable day out taking photos. Don't see too ma... (more)

In far western Iowa, the UP has a secondary mainline that comes out of St. Paul, towards Sioux City, and onto Council Bluffs. North of Sioux City, the CN and UP have joint trackage that UP dispatc... (more)