Rounding the big super elevated curve this EB rack train will soon be digging into the stiff grade up to the yard in West Bygod Virginia, which in this case is east of Virginia. Go figure.

Thanks radio chatter I was able to learn the LUE46 local was still out on the line. I rushed over and was able to catch it just in time. It wasn't until I was processing the photo, I learned the s... (more)

LSRC 6432 passes the former three headed signal which is now two heads at South Newmark on the CSX/LSRC Saginaw Subdivision.

Salt Lake Cities North Yards dead line has shuffled around a bit since I last photographed it. It doesn't extend as far north as it once did. It is at least three deep though in places. The dead ... (more)

Climbing Cajon Pass at milepost 58 is Union Pacific train KLAG1, an intermodal train that may be operating for K-Line out of the port of Los Angeles. Union Pacific SD70M 4842, UP Dash 8-40C 9198,... (more)

For reasons unknown, the UP Super Bowl Special ran the sunset route after originating from Council Bluffs the day before. No complaints here however, as the train ran west on a picture perfect aft... (more)

A modest five car train is dwarfed by the Joso Bridge over the Snake River, Union Pacific's largest, in southeast Washington. It's been a dry summer and the sun is slightly muted by the smoke from... (more)

UP 3802 leads the LUE50 or LUE51 local on a Sunday afternoon at Stauffer, Utah.

Almost two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, the Swift RoadRailer heads for Southern California.

Locomotives get serviced at the fuel track at Union Pacific’s North Yard in Denver, Colorado, on April 15, 2013. Amid the falling snow, an employee tries in vain to get a fuel reading on one of ... (more)

Waiting for the next call to duty RJC 2613 will lead the sand train and 1561 the local. SD70M 2613 was built for the NS in March 2003 while GP15-1 was built for Conrail in November 1979 as their ... (more)

A Union Pacific SD70M leads the local south on the Greeley Sub at Peckham, Colorado.

Over two and a half years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, there was still a fair amount of SP power on the Shasta Route. Led by one of the 25 SD70Ms SP acquired in 1994, a southboun... (more)

Empty auto train 27V navigates its way through the yard at Bluefield on a cloudy morning in the mountains

A pair of aging UP SD70M's lead a Hulsey Yard bound intermodal train through Howell Interlocking