With the City of Denver skyline on the horizon and wildflowers in bloom in Coal Creek Canyon, UP 6271 (ES44AC) shoves an oil can towards Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
An eastbound train on the Chicago & North Western main line west of Chicago approaches Flagg, Illinois, and reflects the setting sun of December 28, 1995.
EMD power mix and mingle at UP's compact engine servicing facility at Provo on Dec. 26, 1992. The UP 6065 (an SD60) was blt. in March 1988, the UP 1211 (an SW10) was rebuilt by the UP in Nov. 1980... (more)
The oil cans make a daylight climb around the horseshoe curve, up the cuesta grade. Twice this year, i've been treated to former SP power bookending this classic coastline train.
Some former Espee power sits in Slo, ready to reattach to it's train after releasing a string of cars.
Late on a winter afternoon, an eastbound UP stack train blasts up the 1.0 percent at Shawmut as shadows engulf the slopes of the Maricopa Mountains.
A patched Southern Pacific AC4400CW leads an UP SD9043MAC on a coal drag in Wyoming.
The Monroe-to-Jackson train drops off it's load into the CNIC Jackson Yard
UP 6271 still wearing SP colours pulls out of Corning with westbound coal empties.
