UP's inspection special heads for Des Moines on the ex-Rock Island Spine Line.

The sunrise welcomes UP 6936 to the town of Watseka, IL....

A day after the tragic shooting on the campus of NIU, the UP ran an inspection special east through DeKalb with the DD40X and 10 cars. The tall building in the background to the right of the coal... (more)

The engineers special slows momentarily in Altamont to join CSX trackage to St. Elmo, IL.

Looking more like a model train, the last operating Union Pacific Centennial DD40X, UP 6936 East, operates an officers special as seen from an ice covered farm road just east of Round Grove, Illin... (more)

Looking more like a model locomotive, the last operating Union Pacific Centennial DD40X, UP 6936 East, is seen in a pan shot from an ice covered farm road just east of Round Grove, Illinois on Feb... (more)

UP Engineering Special SYCPB-16 arrives in Villa Grove, IL only minutes off its scheduled time.

The one and only operatable DDA-40X, UP 6936, heads south through St. Anne.

Dropping into the high desert, the Wimmer Engineering special passes under the SP signal bridge at milepost 377 on the UP's Mojave Sub.

UP DDA40X CENTENNIAL 6936 in Freight Service - 1976. UP DDA40X 6936, UP SD40-2H "Fast Forty" 8012 and UP DDA40X 6923 westbound on priority TOFC. During the mid to late 1970s, two Centennial... (more)

Following a passenger stop in downtown Tehachapi, the Wimmer special has returned to high speed running as the train approaches SR 58 at Sand Canyon.