Crystal clear sky, Pilot Peak, and great light make for a good shot of this Union Pacific manifest freight climbing Silver Zone Pass in far eastern Nevada.
This train, the Union Pacific MRORV, was the second of three bunched up westbound trains I saw this day on Silver Zone Pass. It was behind the BNSF QPVS8J and ahead of a loaded coal train destined... (more)
I first encountered this westbound BNSF trackage rights train on UP’s Shafter sub while I was driving west on parallel Interstate 80 west of Salt Lake City. Maintenance of Way work near Aragonit... (more)
This train had by far the best head end power of any of the three trains I saw this afternoon on Silver Zone Pass. It's not common to see CSX power on the Shafter Sub. This train was the last in l... (more)
Pilot, Nevada is the second siding in Nevada west of the Utah/Nevada state line on the Union Pacific Shafter sub. It is on the westward climb to Silver Zone Pass and is also the site of a large li... (more)