A break in the weather spells good luck for Union Pacific. Earlier in the week, snow measured by the foot fell across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. With major washouts on the Feather River Route, i... (more)
On a stormy summer afternoon, the sound of a loaded coal train bounces off the walls of Little Gore Canyon. This heavy train is working its way up the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains. Soon th... (more)
The railroad never takes a day off. Day and night, no matter the weather, trains need to move. There is the legend of the Polar Express, a train that operates through the cold, snowy night, en rou... (more)
Union Pacific 8181 tugs a lengthy northbound manifest across the Dry Creek Trestle near Hotlum, California. With a ballast train doing work at Kegg, this would be one of only three trains to pass ... (more)
A 116-car QRVNPP grinds up the western slope of the Donner Pass Route near Emigrant Gap, California. This train made slow progress between Colfax and Switch 9, where it was held for the westbound ... (more)