Rolling along the single-track Peoria Sub through Illinois on a trip up from St. Louis.

The UP Centennial 6939 is showing 'big power!' as it glides thru the Wind farms near Camp Grove, Illinois

709 returns south to Alice Yard to tie up for the day, his work having been completed.

The Tropicana juice train has just crossed from main #2 to #1. The reason for this move is evident as a maintenance crew can be seen repairing a broken rail.

The odd couple. At the end of North Platte's Rail Fest, the locomotives that were on display in downtown were brought back to Bailey Yard and sent on their way. Before leaving town, brand n... (more)

A Union Pacific Bill Wimmer Engineering Special rolls west by an icon of the former D&RGW...Castle Gate, in Utah's Price River Canyon.

Union Pacific 6936 heads a Passenger Special up the California Coast line on a very cloudy, cold, and windy day in San Jose, California.

At just over 98 feet 5 inches and weighing in at 545,432 lbs, Union Pacific 6936 leads a Passenger Special up the California Coast line, where it will spend the night in Oakland before heading bac... (more)

The inspection special rounds the curve at Terra Cotta and passes an eastbound coal train. Terra Cotta is nestled in the Smokey Hills west of Salina.

The engineering special gets panned as it crosses the IL/WI state line.

With a presence quite unlike anything else on rails, Union Pacific's EMD "Centennial" scampers through the Jordan River Narrows on a 300 mile journey east to Grand Junction, Colorado.

UP's Wimmer Engineering Special rounds the wye from I&M RR to UP Peoria Sub. The Officers Special started the day in Sedalia, MO and is en route to Proviso, IL via St. Louis, Springfield, IL Sout... (more)

Creeping along at 12 mph, Union Pacific's prized DDA40X #6936 crosses bridge 45.04, between Cache Junction and Wheelon, Utah.

This trip through the St. Louis area went much slower than anticipated. Delays for Amtrak at Labadie and Wood River, a few slow orders, delay at KCS ESL terminal sub with one main taken by mainte... (more)