Most of the fog that was pretty much around all morning has lifted. The sun begins to shine as UP's North Yard, CO to Roper Yard, UT manifest climbs the 2% grade up to Tunnel #1 in Coal Creek Cany... (more)

We can surmise that the damage to the long hood was caused by a turbo/oil fire but the number is a mystery. Was this hapless unit involved in a wreck also?

Just another of hundreds of empty trains heading west every month crossing the prairie.

Westbound UP double stack on the horseshoe curve near James.

Climbing through the curves at Rocky, Colorado, is a westbound coal train lead by six GE AC4400CWs on March 25, 2014. Some “heritage” adds a bit of color to the consist in the form of former C... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific coal train passes through Rocky, Colorado, on the pleasant afternoon of March 25, 2014.

Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 6049 operating as a DPU, pushes a westbound coal train into Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on March 25, 2014.

Empty frac sand train eastbound

UP power works it's way into CSX/Walter Energy export Coal service between Bessemer and TASD at Mobile, AL.

An empty Union Pacific coal train approaches the top of Cajon Pass at Summit, California, on March 31, 2010.

A Union Pacific manifest, heavy with west slope drilling supplies climbs the Colorado Rockies at Tunnel One. The grade is a long and 'almost' un-relenting 2+% on its way to the Continental Divide... (more)

UP power leads an empty Powder River Basin coal train from San Antonio's plant at Elmendorf, crossing over the San Antonio River. Only a few miles north from here on the river is the famous River... (more)

A train of auto racks from Salt Lake City heads east through Echo, bound for interchange with the Norfolk Southern at Kansas City, Kansas.

A Black Thunder, Wyoming to Newmont, Nevada coal load rolls west through Utah's Morgan Valley on March 22, 2014. The enormous unit train had 127 loaded hoppers with 3 on the point and two on the r... (more)

UP 5600 thunders up the Wasatch at walking speed... The train is approaching the Nolan Tunnels... A DPU is shoving hard on the rear of the westbound manifest...