UP Alco FA-FB units, powered by a 1500hp V-12 engine. Their performance must have impressed the UP management because 80 of them were ordered subsequently. Photo from my collection, no photographe... (more)

The clean and older locomotives switching cars at Albina make for a nice contrast of the usually dirty GEVO series and SD70M products roaming the PNW.

A westbound Union Pacific local finishes up switching at Argenta (east of Battle Mountain), Nevada on March 7, 2012, led by two recently rebuilt SD40-2s.

A westbound Union Pacific local arrives at Argenta, Nevada (near Battle Mountain), to switch the plant there on March 7, 2012. EMD SD40N No. 1603 is a Jenks Shop rebuild of former UP SD40-2 No. 33... (more)

UP 1603 and 1552 tow a short string of cars through the Lear Industrial Center in the Stead area located northwest of Reno.