UP 8697 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train past the California Zephyr which is waiting on the siding at Eisele, Colorado.

UP 8697 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train down the 2% grade at Eiselle, Colorado and meets the California Zephyr as it runs west on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

UP 8697 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train down the 2% grade at Big Ten Curve and runs through Little Ten Curve on the far side of the valley at Rocky, Colorado.

UP 8697 (SD70ACe) waits in the Union Pacific's North Yard for an assigned train.

UP 8697 (SD70ACe) sits in the servicing line at the North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

With California wildfire smoke tinted sun for a background, the UP/CP oil train is creeping across the approach to Bridge 14. The dispatcher just "talked by" the crew against a red sign... (more)

With a smoky sunset aligned with Bridge 14, this UP Oil train tiptoes gingerly across the bridge, just in case.... The dispatcher just "talked by" the crew against a red signal, as the bridge is... (more)

Wildfire smoke has returned to the Puget Sound, at the cost of other's misery, we get an interesting sunset. Just in time is this UP oil train from Canada, complete with Heritage unit CP 7012. T... (more)

With the entire length of its train visible, UP 8697 hustles a Roseville-bound manifest up the final miles of grade through Monolith and toward the summit of Tehachapi. Following its crest of the ... (more)

A trio of SD70ACe pull the third section of the West Colton to Roseville manifest train through Monolith towards the end of the day along Tehachapi Pass.

It's a typical evening in Iowa as a westbound stack train meets an eastbound stack train at the west end of Ogden, IA on May 24, 2013.

The street in the foreground is actually Las Vegas Blvd, the same road lined by the famous casinos seen in the background. I've probably spent a cumulative 10 hours over three pervious visits to t... (more)

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