Featuring a mix of Santa Fe and Southern Pacific engines, the Eastbound "Oil Cans" crosses over itself as it traverses the famous "Tehachapi Loop".

Katy Heritage engine UP 1988 struggles Westbound up Sherman Hill approaching the West end of Speer on #3 track.

UP 1988 in the M-K-T Heritage scheme heads West up Sherman Hill.

Union Pacific's engine 1983 dressed in the Western Pacific "Heritage" scheme is paired with UP 6307 still in SP paint as rear DPU power on the UP 1996 East.

Union Pacific engine 1996 is decked out in her SP "Heritage" scheme as it heads Eastbound down Sherman Hill approaching Cheyenne.

BNSF 4086 has a lenghty manifest train in tow as it heads South towards Colorado Springs.

BNSF 9598 still looks good in the Grinstein scheme with the "Wagon wheel" logo as it heads North with a unit train of empty Gas tank cars.

Southern Pacific's hot Los Angeles to Memphis trailer train heads Eastbound up Beaumont Hill on the Sunset Route in Southern California. Included in the locomotive consist is a high hood ex-NS SD4... (more)

A loaded coal train climbs the grade heading South out of Denver.

BNSF's Big Lift local which runs South out of Denver down to Colorado Springs twice a week and usually rates a pair of six axle motors today has a nice suprise in the form of "white face" GP39E 27... (more)

A pair of B23-7's lead the daily Denver (Big Lift) to La Junta Intermodal train Southbound toward Palmer Lake on a chilly morning. This service did not last long and now the Intermodal facility is... (more)

An Eastbound Southern Pacific freight hits the East switch of Canyon siding below the Mormon Rocks near Sullivan's Curve.

UP 6327 still wears Southern Pacific paint but with a UP patch job as it departs Sharon Springs with a Westbound coal empty. In the distance, the rear DPU motor on an Eastbound loaded coal train s... (more)

With the first 6 cars loaded with Toyota truck beds, this Eastbound Union Pacific train is led by a trio of General Electric products. The first two engines are the somewhat unusual C36-7 model th... (more)

A visitor in the form of Utah Railway SD45 #9148 (ex-SP) heads East on this Union Pacific manifest along with UP SD40-2's 3708 and 3135.