A Chicago to Boone land barge freight rolls passes the180 foot long ex-Chicago Northwestern depot/freighthouse that was built in 1894. It was designed in the Classical Revival style with Greek inf... (more)

A Union Pacific freight, with DDA40X 6945, SD40-2 3235 and SD40s 3002 and 3004 for power, crests Cajon Pass as it heads east. (Summit, Cajon Pass, California – March 5, 1976)

Fred Tolan and his Washington-Oregon Shippers Assn. were very influential in the Pacific Northwest in controlling which railroad got traffic. One movement they controlled was inbound shipments of ... (more)

A brief snow storm is breaking just after sunset at the continental divide. A UP coal train has exited the Moffat Tunnel (the signals and portal are visible in the far distant center) and now snak... (more)

Alpenglow and New Snow
A Rare treat at Tolland and a classic location in one of its many moods just after an alpine sunrise the flocked valley aglow in soft cool light dance a magic... (more)

UP6220 West A manifest turns into the morning sun at Tunnel 1 on the Moffat Road. This scene is changing forever, as bulldozers are now cutting new roads and knocking down tress. Soon 90+... (more)

Palmer Lake relics and Heritage
Now MIA these charming code line poles are gone. Little did I know in a matter of a month or so after I shot this frame with 1989 in April 2020 the B... (more)

A Union Pacific manifest freight train rolls downgrade out of Plain siding at Plainview, Colorado, on September 25, 1997. It may be a UP train, but there isn’t an Armour yellow locomotive to be ... (more)

Donner Pass: Part 2. On the weekend of November 13th, I made a second trip from the Bay area to the UP Roseville Sub to photograph some locations I missed on the first trip. One of those locations... (more)

Union Pacific Gas-Turbine No.6 "Cab control lead unit, B-unit the turbine with a tender" built 2/59 rated at 8500hp. Photographer Jim Roberts, R Lalonde Collection.

Three former Rio Grande tunnel motors lead UP ZDVRO past the west end of Kyune siding on the Provo Sub. The winter of 2001 would be the last time these units would operate in solid sets leading r... (more)

Dinosaurs still roam the desert! The once weekly potash local heads south from Crescent junction to Potash, passing the Moab Giants dinosaur park along the way. Brontosaurs were around 38 tons an... (more)

An Eastbound manifest train is seen crossing the Truckee River at Fleish, near Verdi, Nevada just after crossing the state line from California.

An Eastbound manifest is seen grinding up the steep grade through Casa Loma toward Donner Summit.

UP 2759 leads a WB Z train towards Watkins, Iowa. Look close for the easy-to-miss details!