Union Pacific SD70AH locomotive No. 1943 (Spirit of the Union Pacific) leads CSX Train Q602-01 southbound through LaGrange, GA., bound for Waycross, GA.

Union Pacific SD70AH locomotive No. 1943 (Spirit of the Union Pacific) leads CSX Train Q602-01 northbound through Loachapoka, AL., bound for Waycross, GA.

Union Pacific SD70AH locomotive No. 1943 (Spirit of the Union Pacific) leads CSX Train Q602-01 northbound through Milstead, AL., bound for Waycross, GA.

The Spirit of UP rolls through downtown Opelika and helps Make America Great Again on Election Day 2020.

On this cool November night, we have a rare sight in CSX’s Brookley Siding in Mobile, AL. UP 1943 (Spirit of the Union Pacific) on point of CSX Q602-01 (New Orleans, GA to Waycross, GA). After t... (more)

The MNYGJ didn't make it far out of Denver Thursday night as the lead locomotive developed an issue after departing. A new crew brought UP 1943 to the rescue Friday and tacked it on the point to l... (more)

An afternoon manifest is just east of Union Pacific's, Salt Lake City's North yard. It always feels kind of special to get a pure EMD lashup. SD70ACe 8843 and 8911.

UP SD70AH #9054 leads a BNSF coal train south at Lawyer Road with a fresh load of PRB coal. A month prior to this I caught this same UP/BNSF pair on a empty coal train ~1700 miles away in Atlanta,... (more)

In a semi-rare occurrence, NS intermodal train #220 pulls high of Inman Yard through the junction at Howell behind a trio of KCS Belles meeting northbound empty coal train #733 with UP & BNSF DPU'... (more)

The veterans unit along with 6 other units on the front leads an eastbound freight down the moffat tunnel sub. The day before the unit lead a westbound to Grand Junction before turning for the run... (more)

Goshawk Ridge & The Spirit

Sunday October, 4 the Spirit 1943 special led the Manifest from Grand Junction to North Yard out of T7 (tunnel 7). Made for a long ride for the crew... (more)

A UP hot shot heads south in front of the Mississippi River cliffs at Fults, Illinois.

Possibly the best grab of 2020...

The Spirit in the Valley of Gold

Westbound at Tolland among the golden splendor of a Colorado high country Fall day.

UP 8919 (SD70AH) leads a long freight through Tie Siding, Wyoming, as seen through an old collapsed snow fence that was once protecting the track from drifts.