A southbound high priority train crossing the causeway over Lake Moredock on the UP Chester Sub. You can see the Saint Louis skyline 20 miles north.

Manifest NS 19W rumbles west through control point Arthur on the Christiansburg district with a UP on point.

Rolling off the Palmdale Cutoff, a 78-mile line opened in 1967 (nearly 55 years ago!) to allow some Southern Pacific traffic to bypass congested Los Angeles, on which trains from the SP’s Sunset... (more)

UP 7710 & 8556 westbound with empties for Omaha Public Power District.

Busy evening on Logan Hill
After sunset at 9:00 p.m. on July 2, 2016, three Union Pacific coal trains converge on Logan Hill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. On the far right are rear ... (more)

As yet another winter storm moves across the High Sierra, bringing with it several additional inches of 'Sierra Cement', the sound of tonnage assaulting the western slope of the Sierra pierces the... (more)

Mid morning finds a Eastbound stack train passing the east end of UP's West Colton yard.

Intermodal on the march! Colorful containers of an eastbound Long Beach, CA to Chicago, IL stacker meet a westbound Denver, CO to Salt Lake City, UT piggyback train on UP's Evanston Sub at Emory.

Union Pacific ES44AC #7710 shoves on the rear of a Long Beach, CA to Chicago, IL stack train at Echo, Utah. If you are looking for dining options while passing through this small town, why not dro... (more)

A colorful stack train roars east through Utah's unmistakable Echo Cliffs along UP's Evanston Subdivision. UP ES44AC #7710 has been assigned to shove this lengthy stack train from Long Beach, CA t... (more)

UP 7710 shoves on the rear of a Long Beach to Chicago stack train at East Echo. The owner of a green Toyota Tundra (loaded down with both a kayak and a mountain bike) is parked on main #1, and is ... (more)

UP 7710 drifts downgrade past MP 58.2 with doublestacks in tow.