I heard the UP's Green River Sub dispatcher talking to the Dirt Train a couple of times but I could not figure out where the train was. Finally I heard the crew request permission to enter the mai... (more)

UP 1817 and UP 1881 are fairly new rebuilds of SD40-2 engines to a SD40N designation. Many of the on line rosters still have these numbers assigned to B40-8 models. These two were caught waiti... (more)

Switching duties at Albina with a new SD40N

UP No. 1781 leads a local through the siding of the ex-Cotton Belt Corsicana Sub as an eastbound stack train's DPU passes on the ex-T&P.

The Shops give a pair of SD40Ns a good going-over.

UP 1672 (SD40N) helps to deconstruct a long train of Vestas windmill parts that arrived in the North Yard the day before. Here we see a string of rotor hubs being sorted.

UP SD40N No. 1836 gets a good going over on its electrical systems.

UP ONCE A FAST 40 SAS Once a ''Fast 40'', bracketed by two Centennial Locomotives and numbered 8037, the locomotive is now in a more pedestrian environment as Union Pacific Railroad SD40-2 rebuil... (more)

A UP local freight has stopped right outside of North Platte in some very acceptable afternoon light to wait on an endless stream of coal and intermodal trains to pass. He would be here for quite ... (more)

With the Arena District of downtown Phoenix providing a nice backdrop, varying looks of SD40-2s sit dead waiting to be broken up for yard work. Yes, I even paid Uncle Pete a visit on my trip o... (more)

UP 1899, 1618, and 1566, all SD40N rebuilds out of Jenks Shops, switching the gypsum plant at Apex, north of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Union Pacific SD40N #1587, and three other motors round a curve, and past a deer that apparently did not run fast enough.

Union Pacific SD40N #1587, and three other motors fly around a manifest on Main 1 with train LFA501. It's not every day you get to see these units doing 60MPH out on the mainline, as seen here jus... (more)

Pilot, Nevada is the second siding in Nevada west of the Utah/Nevada state line on the Union Pacific Shafter sub. It is on the westward climb to Silver Zone Pass and is also the site of a large li... (more)

Union Pacific's three times a week Dirt Train Local, LUH45-8, is seen here leaving the Sunnyside Sub. and entering the main line Green River Sub at Mounds, Utah. The train is 12 empty cars, many w... (more)