Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr approaches Cheyenne from Denver, complete with a full-length dome. A pair of DD40X Centennials wait for their turn into the Cheyenne yard.
On a cool and cloudy Summer morning, Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Trona, CA coal load descends Spanish Fork Canyon a couple of miles west of Rio, Utah. The original D&RGW grade (before the big f... (more)
You can just feel the impatience of this scene: outbound crew is on board, waiting for the road foreman of engines to board (I don't know if that's him by the car, but I know the crew was waiting)... (more)
Boy, was I ever just enjoying the show during the last days of the Big Jacks. Every day was a good day whenever I was able to get any train with one in the consist. It really didn't matter what ... (more)
With two DD40Xs and a DD35, a freight with big power awaits entry into the UP yards at Cheyenne, while Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr rolls by.
UP 6934 was retired in May, 1985, traded in to EMD and scrapped August, 1986. K64, Minolta XG-M, Rokkor 50mm f1.7
