A keyhole in the clouds allows a spotlight of sun to shine on a Union Pacific Officer Special as it runs through Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.

A Union Pacific Officer Special runs towards the evening sun as it gets ready to enter the Moffat Tunnel at Tolland, Colorado.

A Union Pacific Officer Special runs through Rocky, Colorado as it begins the journey into the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

UP 8530 (SD70ACe) leads a freight down the hill from Tunnel #1 and into Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado as it heads to Denver on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

A westbound I train lead by UP 5762 passes through San Timoteo Canyon as it heads down Beaumont Hill.

UP 5769 leads a 6 unit WB stack train down Beaumont Hill at El Casco.

UPY 1403 and UPY 1296, a pair of MP15DCs, sit at the port in Granite City. They will eventually be repainted in UP themed colors and renumbered at PHRR 1403 and 1296. The other unit is a GP40 al... (more)

UP 7297, 5745, 5645, & NS 3658 power a westbound manifest.

A westbound UP stack train is passing in front of the old Marceline station, which is now the Walt Disney Hometown Museum.

UP 8444 putting on a show for its return passenger excursion trip from Fremont.

UP 3095 brings up the rear of an eastbound manifest at El Casco.

The UP only runs a pair of trains over the trackage rights agreement they have with BNSF. These trains run in and out of G4 and operate over the BNSF Transcon towards KC. Usually, the westbound is... (more)

Spent a beautiful morning along the Marceline Sub at the Des Moines River Bridge back in October. I know it's the Transcon, but we had a blast enjoying the nice October day. Surprisingly, the BNSF... (more)

UPY GP15-1 733 leads a local East through Duluth, heading to Rice's Point Yard.

Wrap Around Photo. Union Pacific Railroad 2528 (ES44AC-H/C45AH) leads a robust six-pack of power through Coal Creek Canyon approaching Blue Mountain Drive in Aravada, Colorado on July 28, 2... (more)