UP 5928 & 6228 lead westbound empties.

Union Pacific's Acid Train arrives at North Yard in Salt Lake City for a crew change.

Between West Colton and Redlands on Union Pacific's Yuma Sub, an eastbound manifest passes through Bryn Mawr as it heads toward San Timoteo Canyon and points east.

Wyoming dawn
Sunrise on the Union Pacific main line east of Hillsdale, Wyoming, presents a westbound freight headed for a crew change at Cheyenne on the morning of March 26, 2008.

UP 5974 & 6790 lead westbound empties. I'm not sure if the elevator is used anymore as the building leans but the elevator system and storage bins look usable.

Working hard up Beaumont Hill, UP 6019 leads this Texas bound manifest at El Casco as it works through San Timoteo Canyon.

UP 5862 works hard uphill out of Marysville, Kansas with a fresh crew on board. The new crew will take the empty coal train to Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska before another exchange between... (more)

A Mojave, CA - Oakland, CA special cruises through Haggin

A southbound Union Pacific coal train passes RTD’s new Union Station stop in LoDo (Lower Downtown) Denver, Colorado, on October 14, 2012. At first, the shadow of the construction crane across th... (more)

A Roper, UT to Roseville, CA manifest gets rerouted through the Feather River Canyon on June morning. This train normally goes over Donner Pass, but with Donner closed for a week for track work, e... (more)

Michigan City coal empties head west during the golden hour.

A complete monster: On the North Fork Branch I hit my first ever US coal train. UP AC4400CW-CTE #5879 and AC4460CW #7344 in front, SD9043MAC #8204 as end helper (just cornering and entering the sc... (more)

UP 5964 & 7018 lead an eastbound coal train.

Three Union Pacific GE AC4400CE-CTEs bring a heavy westbound unit train up to the east portal of Hermosa Tunnel at Dale Junction, Wyoming, on October 29, 2008.

Last photo of the day -- with a few good shots in the bag, the sun about to set, and the train slowing to a stop here in La Salle, it was time to end the chase and head back home.