UP 5957 in fresh paint leads a westbound IDILB as it works upgrade at Banning.

Westbound LOF 67, the Guadalupe Local, with Union Pacific SD70M No. 5119 leading, rolls along Seacliff Beach on a sunny afternoon.

UP local LRS99 leaves the Fresno Sub and enters the Turlock branch line at Modesto Ca.

Union Pacific local LRS99 slowly rolls along the branch line to Turlock Ca.

Union Pacific local LRS99 rolls along the branch line to Turlock Ca.

Aesthetically my favorite of the line, this experimental, crammed onto an SD35 frame presents a big old chunk of power, as am I. Well, a chunk anyway. And old. I was delighted to catch it worki... (more)

Union Pacific local LRS99 at Turlock Ca.

Santa Fe train number 73 is departing San Diego California with six cars in 1933. Otto's speed estimate was 30 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A lone Union Pacific DPU pushes on the rear of a south bound auto rack train up through the cut below Bealville, CA, as the gnarl trees scattered throughout the Tehachapi foothills make for intere... (more)

Lost among the ridiculous number of SD40-2s were a group of much more likable units.

Union Pacific's Torrance Local heads south on the railroad's Torrance Industrial Lead behind UP SW1500 1006 (ex-Norfolk Southern 2322; née-Southern Railway 2322) and Cotton Belt 7282 (ex-Missouri... (more)

The glinting mid train helpers of a Union Pacific QRVWC manifest have switched from helping push to dynamic braking to help keep their train from running out of control as the south bound crested ... (more)

Switching cars in Guadalupe, on California's Central Coast, is Southern Pacific SD7R 1500. Built by EMD in January 1953 as SP SD7 5292, this engine was renumbered to SP 2713 in the railroad's mas... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific freight heads out of Las Vegas on the UP's Third Subdivision of the Utah Division behind a trio of SD40-2s, led by UP SD40-2 3604. Bringing up the markers, when that wa... (more)

Union Pacific "Quality Manifest" train 1-WCKC-Q-(K)-17 passes through the Hinda Crossovers as it heads east from West Colton CA to Kansas City KS. Still early after the UP's acquisition... (more)