After a 3 hour wait the train I've been waiting for finally appears. UP 1995 & 7095 lead westbound auto racks headed for Milpitas CA.

Westbound Gibson, IN to Mira Loma, CA auto train kicks up some fresh power with the CNW heritage unit passing one of the few remaining CNW style signals on the line.

One degree above zero at 23:16 as the inbound and outbound crews trade out with Union Pacific Heritage locomotive CNW 1995 outside the Bloomington, Illinois yard office . Steve Smedley photo

NS 362 comes around the curve at the 139.4 milepost with UP 1995 at the lead heading for Chattanooga, Tn.

UP 1996 (SD70ACe) makes its way into the 36th Street Yard in Denver.

NS train 187 crosses the Chattahoochee River on its nightly run from Macon, GA, to Birmingham, AL. Union Pacific's "Chicago Northwestern" heritage unit, SD70ACe #1995, leads the way as the train ... (more)

At last light, UP 1995 painted in Chicago & North Western Heritage colors leads the Denver to N. Platte manifest approaching UP Jct.

A stormy summer evening finds Union Pacific's ZLAAH-26 departing Salt Lake City for the next crew change at Green River, Wyoming.

I discovered gold at the end of the rainbow when the UP 1995 arrived in Salt Lake City on a rainy evening.

UP's Chicago & North Western heritage engine leads the hot ZLAAH stack train east through Erda on the Lynndyl Subdivision.

Today's Brooklyn sure got a lot of attention from the SoCal railfans, as there were many posting updates on a number of lists. I was a bit lazy and only went as far east as El Monte, which worked ... (more)

UP 1995 leads the Brooklyn Trailers down Cajon Pass at Canyon with the Mormon Rocks as a backdrop.

Following closely behind a Southbound auto train, UP 1995 leads the ZBRLC seen from the Foothill Blvd overpass as it nears Bench on the Palmdale Cutoff.

UP's CNW heritage unit leads the Brooklyn Z down the ex SP Palmdale Cutoff at Hiland.

The CNW heritage unit heads west with the KG1LA, approaching the Harley Road bridge. Metra had just completed the station stop at La Fox and is playing catch up. Off to the right, a UP maintainer ... (more)