Six motors, and two more on the rear, hold back nearly 15,000 tons of freight on this Sioux City, IA to Barstow, CA manifest train, being led by a CSX GEVO, as it rolls through Valentine, Ariz., O... (more)

The last rays of sunlight illuminate the desert landscape as a San Bernardino 'long pool" train races away from Ash Hill and prepares to enter a 65 MPH and 45 MPH curve at Ludlow.

The Big Boy charges hard out of Barstow, CA as on lookers take in the sight of the this massive machine pulling a 25 car passenger special back to West Colton, Oct. 13, 2019.

Slowly moving out of the yard,a West Colton, CA to Englewood, TX manifest train begins its trip across the Yuma Subdivision on Oct. 15, 2019.

After making a schedule stop in Niland, UP 4014 leaves the Salton Sea behind as it finishes the last sixty-five miles to Yuma, AZ on its "Great Race Across the Southwest" tour.

UP 4014, the only 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive in operation, pulls a 25 car long passenger special over the 3,800 ft high summit of Cajon Pass on Oct. 12, 2019. Fans from all over ... (more)

UP's Big Boy steam locomotive rumbles through the desert paradise of Palm Springs, CA on its eastbound trip from West Colton, CA to Yuma, AZ. From there, the steam crew will continue on with their... (more)

A 99 car long Galesburg, IL o Barstow, CA manifest train snakes its way into Crozier Canyon this morning with eight motors on the point with part of the Grand Canyon in the background. Majority of... (more)

Ms. Barstow and Teen Ms. Barstow pose in front UP's big Boy #4014 after it ran from Las Vegas, NV to Yermo, CA on its historic trip to Los Angeles, CA.

Returning back to California for the first time under its own power, UP 4014 Big Boy steam locomotives roars with life as it climbs over the summit of Cima Hill. The Big Boy stopped here for a sch... (more)

As fog hangs low over Glorieta Pass, NM, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief passes by a semaphore signs that protect the east end of Chapelle siding on Oct. 4, 2019.

UP 4014, The Big Boy , leads The Great Race Across the Southwest passenger special over Sherman Hill, WY and into the college town of Laramie. This is the first day of a two month tour for... (more)

As the western sun dips below the Wyoming landscape, the rumble of prime movers off of a loaded potash train gets louder through the dusk air. UP 5397 sounds its horn as it passes through the smal... (more)

With the sound of dynamic brakes whining, and the smell of brake shoes burning, a heavy Union Pacific coal load negotiates down the two percent grade of the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains at... (more)

On a pleasant, August, afternoon, UP 1943 ( The Spirit of the Union Pacific) leads a 13 car officer special over the scenic Moffat Tunnel Line. Climbing over 8,000 feet in elevation, the Mo... (more)