With the snow capped Blue Mountains in the background, this WB UP manifest is snaking through six curves in an area seldom seen, between North Powder Oregon and Telocaset.

It's a beautiful August afternoon in Oregon's Blue Mountains as the 5256 East comes rolling into the siding at North Powder in order to meet a westbound that's descending Telocaset hill.

An eastbound manifest rolls through North Powder on the last Saturday of January 2019, with one of two ex-SP GP40P-2s left on the UP roster trailing 5th dead in tow.

DOTX 217, a track geometry car waits for an intermodal train at North Powder. This complex car can be operated by itself or towed behind another locomotive. In this case, Union Pacific SD70M #4917... (more)

An eastbound intermodal "K" Line train travels into the small town of North Powder. On the main, a Federal Railroad Administration geometry test car waits to head west. This car checks the gauge o... (more)

UP 6021 leads a Soda Ash train into the siding at North Powder, OR 6/21/12

A UP work train powered by GP9 139 and GP30 842 wait at North Powder siding. Those are the Elkhorn Mountains in the background.

Union Pacific hotshot FTX lead by Big Jack 6929 and three SD40-2's blasts eastward through North Powder, OR competing direclty with long haul truckers plying the nation's Interstate Highways. Not... (more)

The yellow circus train heads West towards the Blue Mountains and Hinkle, OR as an Eastbound auto empty waits at North Powder in the hole for the overpaid executives to pass by...

A Westbound UP inspection special rolls through an open field framed with Fall colors, as part of the Blue Mountains soars behind the 10 car train on a chilly October morning.

Having crested the grade to Telocaset, UP 5482, 4522, 7758 and 8262 approach North Powder, Oregon, with an eastbound freight. Ahead lies an easier run to Baker City, then the fun begins again with... (more)

A hot Z train rolls through Oregon's Baker Valley at 70 m.p.h.