Business car IDAHO brings up the rear as the Union Pacific special clears Illinois Route 10, East of Mason City, Illinois. The Wednesday leg of UP's engineering special saw the train run later ov... (more)
Union Pacific special rolls along in the Mackinaw River bottoms, south of South Pekin, Illinois on its way to a crew change. The Wednesday leg of UP's engineering special saw the train run later o... (more)
As it continued on its special run, UP 6936 wasn't wasting any time moving through Hot Sulphur Springs.
UP's Engineering Special starts the climb up Radnor Hill on the Peoria Sub.
The passenger special crosses U.S. Highway 36, in the wide expanse of eastern Colorado. This locomotive is the last of the "Centennial" units still operating.
A passenger special moves through an industrial area before heading east across the prairie. This locomotive is the last of it's kind still operating.
UP's lone operating Centennial diesel has no trouble pulling this passenger special upgrade along the Colorado River.
On its way south out of Kremmling, UP 6936 had more than a few of us in hot pursuit.
UP 6936 and its special train approach Abilene, the home town of IKE.
After a quick crew change in Salina, the massive DD40X breezes through the small town of Soloman.
The special has arrived at Salina yard, and a crew change in underway. It will depart in ten minutes to continue its journey east.
A group of Union Pacific employees gather on the platform of Salt Lake City's new passenger terminal while a UTA FrontRunner commuter rail test train departs for Ogden.
A rare sight to catch this unique locomotive pulling an engineering special through the Moffat Tunnel, as a westbound manifest waits for it's turn.
