UP 9067 receives a signal during a long twilight exposure at Sandcut.

UP 6160 drops downgrade between Cliff and Bealville on the Tehachapi Pass.

A Southbound welded rail train pulls through Bealville.

Union Pacific train 717, the Los Angeles Challenger, is seen in Los Angeles at Pasadena Junction in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A southbound Union Pacific freight sits in Mojave, on UP’s Mojave Sub. This train is powered by a quartet of SD70ACe locomotives: UP 8465, 8500, 8482 and 8455. In the distance is a Burlington ... (more)

Foreign Power on a Loaded Ethanol. UP power hauls this unit train up the approaches to the C&O Bridge over the Ohio River in Downtown Cincy on a frigid January.

UP 1989 & 6155 lead a westbound intermodal train from Global 4 headed to Seattle.

Busy afternoon at Valley Junction, as a northbound heads toward Waco, while a train coming off the former Mopac waits to head south toward Flatonia. Meanwhile, to the west, and empty SATX coal tra... (more)

UP 7896 brings up the rear of a westbound empty coal train.

UP 5801 leads a westbound empty coal train.

UP 8457 & 8159 power a westbound mixed freight.

"The other 844" heads west with the third excursion of the day.

#4014 and the #844 are returning to Cheyenne after a highly publicized trip to Salt Lake City, heralding the Big Boy's return.

One of the more scenic and undershot mainlines in the United States, UPs Montana Sub offers great sights along its vast mainline. However, it only sees two operations… the northbound & southboun... (more)

Rounding the sharp bend through Ancona, UPs Military schemed locomotive takes charge of UPs Chicago to California stack train running on foreign rails.