A westbound UP intermodal rolls through the drab Huntsman Canyon.

After a poorly dispatched empty coal drag blocked the view for hundreds of onlookers, UP 4014 begins to pull away from its scheduled stop in Moapa, NV.

A friend suggested this might be a good moment to share this photo of UP4141, painted in honor of George HW Bush, leading an eastbound manifest freight through Moapa, NV. This was the only time I ... (more)

On the cusp of a beautiful Nevada sunset, Union Pacific rolls manifest freight southwest through the Moapa Valley over the Los Angeles and Salt Lake route.

The LA&SL is known as a very barren line with little online traffic. For the most part this is true, but there are a several spurs around the Las Vegas area that feed the mainline. The longest of ... (more)

Eastbound manifest passing the Reid-Garnder power plant...about 60 miles north of Sin City.

Waiting in the hole for two westbounds to approach. This PowerBar waits at Moapa.

After delays due to MOW work, UP 6005 takes the siding at Moapa on it's approach to delivering coal to the Reid Gardner power plant in this late afternoon photo.

At the Reid Gardner power plant in Moapa Nv. With a unpatched SP engine on point and nearing the 1/3 mark, this engineer slowly empties his coal cars while on the circle track around the facility... (more)

Side view of the damage caused by this driver crossing on a curve

This W/B autorack waits at Moapa for the main to clear from a truck/train accident a little over a mile ahead.