First trip to Fostoria, great start to a great day

Visitor from afar...

An eastbound Union Pacific freight passes through Dale Junction on Sherman Hill, Wyoming, on October 29, 2008.

UP 7275 leads westbound empties.

Union Pacific 7149 leads a hopper train through the small town of Norway, Iowa.

Union Pacific's Wendover Local arrives at North Yard in Salt Lake City with 47 cars.

With a mismatched 'odd couple' for power, Union Pacific's Chevron Local works its namesake refinery along Becks Hot Springs in Salt Lake City. The UPY 1448 is an EMD MP15AC, built the Southern Pac... (more)

Q217 with a UP leader is west on track 1 of the CSX Capital Subdivision passing the hind end of Q398 stopped on track 2 at St Denis awaiting a traffic jam in the Baltimore Terminal to clear up.

A classic Valley Subdivision scene... Union Pacific 4153 leads an extra Roseville to Portland manifest north along the UP Valley Subdivision near Lincoln, California. Here the train is seen rollin... (more)

Union Pacific 1495's head light cuts through the blizzard like conditions in Altoona, Wisconsin. The yard job can also be seen working.

Schnabel Car with minor damage from a trestle side swipe. Train is stopped waiting for a UP inspection team to inspect the damage.

UP 5780 leads 3 END's on this westbound stack train bound for the Los Angeles Harbor.

Near Ordway, UP 8051 west leads a Mira Loma bound rack train down off Beaumont Hill as it passes through the Canyon's many S curves.

August in Kansas can be hot and this afternoon was no exception. Thankfully, there was a breeze as UP 4740 flies by at track speed just north of Hanover, KS on the Marysville Sub.

UP 8051 leads a fast moving westbound autorack train down San Timoteo near El Casco.