The Southern Pacific Heritage painted engine, covered with a layer of "SP grunge", leads the Denver to Grand Jct. manifest train across the Colorado River as it heads Westbound on the Dotsero Cuto... (more)

UP 1996, the Southern Pacific heritage unit, leads the North Platte, NE to North Yard (Denver), CO manifest races out Brighton after performing a crew swap due to the crew going "dead".

Just on the outskirts of Tooele, Utah. UP 1996 is at the railroad milepost of Warner MP751.

UP 1996 rolls past the town of Stockton. The train now will begin to pick up speed, and really leave civilization for awhile.

UP 1996 High Ball! Warner, Utah.

I was starting to lose hope I would catch the 1996. He tied down from about 1:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Which turned out to be a blessing, as he departed as the lighting was getting good. UP 1996 ro... (more)

UP 1996 leading some coal past the elevator located in Ashton, Illinois.

UP 1996, the Southern Pacific heritage unit leads some black diamonds towards Oak Creek, Wisconsin under the class CNW signals in Nelson on the UP Geneva Sub.

After holding under the coaling tower to let a loaded coal drag clear onto the Peoria Sub, UP 1996 is seen storming out of Nelson with empties for North Antelope Mine.

After a rather illegal park job, I managed to snag 1996 one more time before the clouds would block out the sun. Along this 2 mile stretch of the Kenosha Sub, Sheridan road directly parallels the ... (more)

As if it were meant to be, just as I woke up 1996 got its warrants to head down the kenosha sub, so I flew out of the door and made it to DeKoven just in time to see this gorgeous heritage unit le... (more)

After being killed in nowhere Iowa for multiple days due to storm damage, 1996 makes its way through West Chicago with a fresh crew from Clinton. The SP Heritage would later make a trek up the UP ... (more)

An empty CCTX coal train has just began its journey after leaving the Coleto Creek Power Station as it crosses over the Dry Creek Trestle, just north of Victoria, TX.

Sunset falls on the nose of the Espee Daylight heritage along the Overland Route in extreme western Nebraska. Line poles still grace this scene lending itself to the heritage theme.