The first afternoon of 2026 finds a westbound mixed freight moving about 20 minutes out of Tucson.

UP 7125 leads a early morning eastbound manifest at El Casco.

UP waits for arrival of other UP for running on the Loop.

UP meets UP on the world famous Loop.

UP MNOEW highballs west through Sheldon with a cleaner duo leading the way.

A westbound manifest crosses Peruque Creek on the BNSF Hannibal Sub.

Locomotives pass on the adjoining track as Union Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 7125 waits for servicing on the fuel tracks at UP’s North Yard in Denver, Colorado, on the night of December 22, 2012.

Fresh snow on the Rocky Mountains provide a nice backdrop as this coal load drops down the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision, passing through Crescent Siding. The photographer would take this picture in a... (more)

Rounding the horse-shoe curve at Big Ten Curve, this loaded Eagle Pass, TX coal train eases down grade going towards Denver with the Colorado Front Range Foothills in the background.

An Eagle Pass, TX bound coal load eases down grade through the east end of Rocky on the descent towards Denver.

An Eagle Pass, TX Bound Coal Load eases down grade through Rocky and with the siding at Clay above. Seen in the background are mid-train swing helpers that will stay on the train.

An Eastbound Coal Load rounds the curve at Crescent using all of its dynamics and train brakes to hold the train back down the grade with two GEs including a GEVO on the point and the Continental ... (more)

As the sun sets over the rails of the Union Pacific's busy four-track mainline west of North Platte, a coal load rolls east through Hershey, NE.

82 miles from Willard on the B&O Chicago Line. The reverse side reads 196 miles to Chicago