Oakland-bound IG2OA-27 crosses the Missouri River and enters Nebraska in Blair, NE on this impressive former C&NW bridge. Trees block this vantage point these days.

When traffic was heavy through Fremont, NE one could often see trains parked east of town awaiting a crew change to take them on toward Boone, IA and beyond. A pair of eastbounds patiently wait. T... (more)

The old Burlington Route Long Branch stretched 830 miles from Lincoln, NE to Huntley, MT where it joined Northern Pacific's mainline. In more recent days the route became a high density coal corri... (more)

To reach this spot in Nevada from Little Mountain, Utah, west of Ogden on the shore of the Great Salt Lake, UP 9522 has had to cross 30 miles of the Great Salt Lake, using the Bagley, Saline and R... (more)

Union Pacific 9429 has part of its handrails removed as it sits with over 700 other locomotives at the Larry's Truck and Electric facility in Lordstown, Ohio. Photograph taken with special permis... (more)

G888 off the Iowa Northern at Waterloo is stopped to meet and swap crews with a U703. The crews are Dubuque and Waterloo crews, so instead of running across the Dubuque Sub and cabbing home, the c... (more)

The Steel Gang has the eastward track and all trains are using the westward track between Tipton and Black Buttes. Onboard UP 9496, ANPSE-22, we are second of six westbounds for which a pack of e... (more)

UP 9476 brings a CNW freight into Clinton, IA in September of 1993 under the watchful eye of the iconic "Mr. Peanut".

While run-through power was not common on the Pittsburgh Line, it was not unheard of as is the case with Oak Island-Conway manifest OIPI this October day. The train is entering Horseshoe Curve and... (more)

Following its crew change in Fremont, NE, Elkhart to North Platte symbol ELNP-22 is getting underway on a spring afternoon. Fuji Velvia.

NS 163 is parked next to a 3 train derailment @ Chattanooga Tn

A pair of GE C41-8W's sitting under the full moon on a cold winter night.

Kirk Yard was heavy on Friday the 10th with Iowa traffic. So a somewhat rare X337 was run along with the regular 337 to cleanup. A few problems on Friday slowed 337's progress up. On Saturday morn... (more)

On May 4, 2011, electricians inside Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop in Nebraska, work on wire harnesses used in PTC installation for GE locomotives spotted on Track 1.

Thunderstorms are building over the high plains as a westbound double-stack outfit sails through Julesburg, Coilorado on a summer evening. The lead unit has not quite given up upon its C&NW herita... (more)