Two for the price of one, as the UP 3014 was pointing west on the DPU on the Salt Lake to Denver manifest. UP 3019, 3027, 2617 were on the head end of the 126 car MRONY-16.

I got to see and photograph my first EMD tier 4's 3019, 3027, and 3014 on the DPU on the Salt Lake to Denver manifest. The front of the consistency also had a GE tier 4 2617. UTA Front Runner 3 al... (more)

Todays MNYRO was a three bagger of new and very clean Tier 4 ACe's. Utah's Book Cliffs form a dramatic background here at the east switch of Grassy in the barren desert. Next stop for this train ... (more)

With the warm, pastel colors of sunset settling in over Denver, three new Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe-T4s lead MNYRO out of Leyden, Colorado, at 8:10 p.m. on June 14, 2017. The three T4s—Nos. 3027... (more)

The sun is gone for the day as Union Pacific SD70ACe-T4 Nos. 3027, 3019, 3014 lead three more UP units on the North Yard-Roper Yard manifest up the 2-percent grade into Coal Creek Canyon near Arva... (more)

In the last bit of golden sunshine, Union Pacific SD70ACe-T4 Nos. 3027, 3019, and 3014 lead three more mundane UP units on the westbound North Yard (Denver)-Roper Yard (Salt Lake City) manifest th... (more)

A mixed freight rounds the horseshoe curve at Ought One. One of the steepest on the Pokey at 12 degrees. You can see the Buchannan Branch in the top right of photo.

A surprise to the local railfanning community in Utah came in the form of UP 3028, which was leading the MNPWC-09 on it's journey westbound to southern California. The train arrived in Union Paci... (more)

The test train pulls up to Forbes to add a truck load of food and some important people from BNSF, EMD and a couple other railroads. Once the stop is over they will head deep into La Veta Pass to ... (more)

EMDX 1602 awaits assignment at West Colton this morning.

Factory Fresh Tier 4's... Union Pacific 3016 and 3027 pulls an empty string of coal hoppers, west. Union Pacific Geneva Subdivision

For the past 40 miles these 2 trains have been side by side running west as the auto train over takes this empty coal train. Light eastbound traffic allowed for the dispatcher to run west on both ... (more)

This coal train is sporting some of the latest new UP power in the form of an EMD SD70ACe-T4. 3 of them are in a 2x1 DP setup as this roll this empty westbound from Waukegan, WI, towards Black Thu... (more)

The first C40-8 delivered to NS sits at the scrapper waiting for the torch as the EMDX T4 units sit with the stored power in Roanoke yard.

EMD Tier 4 Demonstrators 1602 and 1601 await a crew in Racine, WI on April 4, 2017. They will take the train to the power plant for unloading.