UP 8255 & CN 2923 westbound.

Westbound Z train at Sago, heading towards La Grande, OR

This is the UP Gila Sub that was once the ex-Southern Pacific Sunset Route that runs 255 miles from Yuma, AZ, to Tuscon, AZ. In the Shawmut area, the railroad works thru the Sonoran Desert and... (more)

On an eastbound trip up the Columbia River the ZPDG2 leans into an elevated curve at Crates, just outside of The Dalles, Oregon.

An eastbound runs adjacent to HWY 30 and I-84 on the wide curve at MP 99 and nears the Deschutes River bridge west of Biggs, OR. The tunnel above the UP tracks is on the BNSF's Oregon Trunk line.... (more)

A brand new GEVO highballs west out of Global 4. Up ahead, the train will hop onto the BNSF Chillicothe Sub for the trip out to the west coast.

Michigan City loads and M342 both wait to depart the yard, on the "run through" tracks. The coal train would depart first, with 342 right on its heels.

Michigan City coal loads climb Joliet Hill with a pair of SD9043MAC's, a rather uncommon sight around the area. Needless to say, they sounded great on their hands and knees.

A northbound autos train passes the abandon AIROX mine a few miles north of Casmalia. The furnace visible in the photo was built in 1918, and was used for extracting petroleum from oil shale quarr... (more)

With a lone SD9043MAC leader, Union Pacific's Lathrop, CA to Global One, IL stacker curves east along the historic Lincoln Highway on the approach to Emory, Utah. Left hand running is standard ope... (more)

Rolling beneath the rugged red cliffs of Echo Canyon, UP 8255 East handles the head end of UP's Lathrop, CA to Global One, IL stack train.

UP 8255 leads a Lathrop, CA to Global One, IL stacker east through the tiny town of Echo, Utah. In the distance (among the shadows) are the semi-famous Echo 'Hoodoos'.

An EMD SD9043MAC leads Union Pacific's KLTG1-05 stack train through scenic Echo Canyon just east of Emory, Utah. A single UP ES44AC is shoving hard at the rear end of the train...a good example of... (more)

An EMD SD9043MAC leads Union Pacific's KLTG1-05 stack train east along the sandstone cliffs of Echo Canyon, Utah. A single UP ES44AC is shoving hard at the rear end of the train...a good example o... (more)

UP SD9043MAC 8055 leads a eastbound coal train through Plainfield.