This local is pulling cars out of UP's East LA yard...

Westbound stacker, heading for Southern California, lead by UP/WP heritage unit 1983, followed by SLC Olympic unit 2002

This SP local, powered by some Cadillacs, AKA SD-9's, growls past this central California depot. Canon AE-1, Tri-X

This is a westbound stack train, heading for Long Beach, California. For the rear of this train, see photo #263528

The last rays of daylight are captured here, as an eastbound stacker climbs Cima Hill in the middle of the Mojave Nationakl Preserve, at a blistering pace of 18mph.

This Santa Fe hot shot piggy back is passing by the Kern Junction Tower heading west up through the San Joaquin Valley.

This westbound autorack will be tied down for several hours while MOW crews in California put a temporary curfew on traffic to accomplish their work there.

This is an eastbound stacker passing the former right of way and tunnel along the old LA&SL.

Refueling by UP's own backshop personnel, seen here at their Spence Street location. Refueling and many other shop and mechanical services are now "outsouced" to third party companies.

This is an eastbound stacker ascending the grade at Erie Nevada. The southern end of the Spring Mountain range provides the backdrop.

3 of the 4 crew members can be seen here, as the power moves up the branch towards it next customer Thatcher Chemical company.

This is a westbound stacktrain, heading for the port of Los Angeles, Ca. UP dispatchers call this train a "No-fitter" since the length of this train exceeds many of the sidings on the former San P... (more)

After the merger with the UP, several sets of WP road and switcher units found their way down to Southern California and worked local UP yard and switch jobs.

This Vegas area local is heading down the "BMI" (Basic Management Inc) Branch, towards it final destination in Henderson, NV

This train led by a GP35R, leads a trio of B30-7's, awaits its next crew to take it from the Bullring to SP's yard Delores, south of LA.