Two Union Pacific coal trains march over Logan Hill north of Bill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin on June 13, 2014. The coal silos in the background belong to Antelope Mine near Converse Junction.

UP 5780, 6571, & 4729 power a westbound stack train.

A pair of Union Pacific AC motors lead a loaded coal train into the siding at Crescent while a track guy worked on the main. The train would soon meet Amtrak #5 at Plain.

The UP MPRPB eases it's way diagonally across the horizon at 142.3 with an MP15AC, lettered for NREX, third out in the consist. Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/HAYrsL

An eastbound UP coal train works its way through the Rocky Mountains on its way towards Denver

Approaching Dale Junction, Wyoming, on Sherman Hill is a westbound Union Pacific unit potash train on September 17, 2008.

UP 7145 leads the 13,000+ Ton, 3x2, Coal train down the Palmdale Cutoff... Coal is rather rare these days and this is the only scheduled coal load over the Pass. This train is destined for CalPort... (more)

A UP trackage rights train moves north across the Columbia River into Washington from Lake Yard in Portland. UP 6373, a former Southern Pacific still wearing a patched paint job is the second unit... (more)

Sure, I might have been driving just a slight bit faster than prudent on the unplowed snow-covered dirt road toward the Moffat Tunnel's east portal, but with only a few trains per day I was determ... (more)

UP 5833 starting to use the "Fast Track" benefits

Union Pacific freight MDVPV (Denver to Provo manifest) passes through fresh snow at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on November 30, 2006.

The UP engines sit idle as a BNSF freight heads east out of the Pueblo yard..

Coal business has really taken a hit in 2015 and so far in 2016. Coal trains were once very common along Midwest mainlines. Here on the UP one can still see a few coal trains, as seen here as a we... (more)

Three UP engines wait in the Pueblo, Colorado yard for orders. In the foreground is what's left of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad turntable and roundhouse. The facility was huge, with ... (more)

A 13-car Potash local approaches multiple curves nearing Emkay, Utah, on March 4, 2012. This is a former Rio Grande branch, now Union Pacific’s Cane Creek Subdivision running through red rock coun... (more)