A few miles out of La Grande, OR, Union Pacific SD9043MAC #8304 and mates are about to tackle the grades of the Blue Mountains with a westbound manifest.
An eastbound Portland coal train crosses the Clark Fork between Thompson Falls and Belknap, Montana, on the afternoon of September 20, 2012. A colorful locomotive lash up consisting of Union Pacif... (more)
A SD9043MAC waits for a northbound Talgo at Ruston. Built in 1998, this SD9043MAC was never equipped with the 6,300 horsepower EMD 265 engine, it was installed with a 4,300 horsepower EMD 710 engi... (more)
UP 8304, CSX 5002 (CW60AC), and BNSF 6386 (ES44AC) head up eastbound Portland General Electric coal empties returning from Boardman, OR to the Powder River Basin. The train is crossing the Clark F... (more)
A BNSF coal train from Portland heads across the bridge over the Clark Fork River between Thompson Falls, and Belknap, Montana. This is Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision. A cool lash-up of a UP ... (more)