UP 8683 still with no patch on the nose leads the #11 Coast Starlight. Problems with the lead locomotive had Amtrak riddled with problems. Since Caltrain didn't have any available locomotives, UP ... (more)

A UP manifest, with CNW 8683 on the point, glides passed the signal bridge at Hirshdale, California on UP's "Overland Route."

Looking down form the bluffs of Benecia, we get a down on of the speed lettered UP8683 (ex-SP8307) a patched snoot SD40T-2 .

The patch T-2 UP8683 (ex-SP8307) leads the IOASC towards Sacramento on the northern sdie of the longest RR trestle west of the Mississippi River.

Snoot patched T-2 UP8683 (ex-SP8307) emerges from the burned off bay fog hauling an eastbound stack train at track speed. This is location is 5 miles north of Oakland on the Cal-P.

Former Espee 'tunnel motor' on the point of a S/B manifest rolls through Dupo, IL