An ET44AC leads a somewhat rare (for 2019) shield logo AC44 and a newer SD70ACe, elephant style, into La Grande. The brick platform of the station is well maintained.

UP 8444 gets a going over at La Grande yard near the station after spending the day handling a passenger special from Portland, OR. Tomorrow the train heads west to Pendleton for their annual Roun... (more)

Had 8133 as the DPU

UP 8444 (now 844) gets some TLC during its overnight layover at La Grande, OR. The train came east from Portland and in the morning will head back with a stop at the Pendleton Roundup. UP 844 is t... (more)

A duo of Idaho Northern & Pacific power is seen parked in Union Pacific's La Grande Yard in Oregon. INPR 2094 (original Santa Fe) is a GP7u and INPR 1706 (original CSX) is a GP16.

The DPU of this eastbound intermodal clears the crossing allowing the young man on the right to contiue walking down Fir Street in La Grande, Oregon.

A UP Radio Control SD45 leads a freight through La Grande, Oregon. Photo by Jeffrey L. Torretta.

UP DD35A No. 70 was a 5000 hp behemoth that helped make railfanning UP a unique experience in the 60s and 70s. The unit is on the head end of an eastbound freight that has just climbed over the Bl... (more)

Nebraska Central GP-9R, a product of the GTW rebuild program at its Battle Creek shops, switches a customer on sister road Idaho Northern & Pacific line from the UP interchange at La Grande to Elg... (more)

UP 8444 spends the night at La Grande, Oregon after making a run with a passenger special from Portland. On Sept. 15 it will head the train back west to Pendleton for the Pendleton Roundup, then r... (more)

Up's Pendleton Roundup Special lays over at La Grande Yard and station over night. Led by 4-8-4 UP 8444, the train will head west on September 15 to Pendleton and back to Portland. The dome car sh... (more)

UP 70, a DD35A head up a freight getting ready to depart La Grande for points east. SD40-2 3070 is part of a helper set waiting its next assignment. During this period the UP offered competitive s... (more)

UP 8444 (now 844) spends the night at La Grande, Oregon after running a passenger special for the Pendleton Round Up from Portland. On September 15 the engine will be turned and head the train to ... (more)

Soda Ash from Green River to Portland must conquer a major obstacle on its journey to export, the Blue Mountains. Here in Pelican Canyon the grade reaches 2.21%, and this Soda Ash load has all tr... (more)

UP8256 Lifts Soda Ash up the Blues....