A Union Pacific officer special rolls along the Sacramento River on a summer afternoon. In 1997, the railroad was washed away here by floodwaters.

An inspection special rolls south on the Shasta Route.

UP 6936 leads a directors special thru Mount Pleasant, WI in May of 2008.

Union Pacific EMD DDA40X “Centennial” No. 6936 is serviced at UP’s North Yard at Denver, Colorado, on October 3, 2001. The unique locomotive will be powering an inspection train on the forme... (more)

Union Pacific’s EMD DDA40X “Centennial” No. 6936 powers a westbound engineering special at Crescent, Colorado, on October 4, 2001.

A Union Pacific Utah Statehood Centennial train cools its wheels in downtown Salt Lake City on Jan. 3, 1996.

Something is not quite right with the 6936.

While it really doesn't 'belong' on the Rio Grande, you can't help but stare in awe at the 6936.

A BNSF Denver to Stockton trackage rights train meets a UP Salt Lake City to Denver inspection special at Geneva-Pipemill on Aug. 13, 1997.

Union Pacific 6936 makes her first journey across the former Denver & Rio Grande Western through Price Canyon on Aug. 13, 1997.

UP 6936 heads west through Oroville.

UP 6936 still looks in good shape, but sister UP 6932 has seen better days as they both soak in the sun in Yermo, California. The rest of the stored DD40s can be seen in the distance to the left ... (more)

This was the only time that UP's big Centennial ever visited the Twin Ports. It was powering an engineering inspection train and came up from St. Paul over BNSF and went south into Wisconsin over ... (more)

Union Pacific Centennial near Oroville.

6936 sits on the west wye at IRM.