The second heritage unit into NorCal in just four days! UP 1996 eases around the curves of the Cal-P in charge of a 5600 foot Global Two to Oakland stack train.

UP's Southern Pacific heritage locomotive leads a WB through Peterson with the Wasatch Mountains in the back ground

UP's Southern Pacific Heritage unit is leading this westbound manifest passing over the former Los Angeles Highway and a 1940's era art decco bridge.

A UP business train speeds north at MP 127 on the old SP East Valley Line.

Union Pacific's Southern Pacific heritage unit, SD70ACe no. 1996, leading a six-car business train north in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The train is passing the IOOF cemetery near Harrisburg, wher... (more)

UP 1996 North heads for the Pacific Northwest with a business train in the Sacramento Valley of California.

As the sun begins to set we get one more run by near Dunes, CA so named for the many sand dunes that are all around.

UP 1996 dropping it's special down into Yuma, AZ at the Fortuna road railroad crossing east of town, MP 745.02.

UP 1996 leads the SBSPT 27 through a pair of classic SP signal bridges west of Welton, AZ. Note the EB UP stack train in the background.

1996 brings up the rear of the Englewood Yard bound manifest.

UP 1996 makes another appearance rolling through Hutch leading a manifest.

The Southern Pacific heritage unit shoves the KOAMN train eastbound on the Jefferson City Subdivision.

The Southern Pacific heritage unit shoves an intermodal train eastbound on the Jefferson City Subdivision. The train is crossing the Gasconade River at Gasconade, which used to be a major congesti... (more)

UP 1996 is on train KG2LBD-29 For some reason UP detoured the train on the mainline instead of the BNSF transcon.