UP 7622 continues north on the KCS (ex GWWR) under a small rainbow from a pop up shower in Granite City, Illinois. Locomotives: UP 7622 & UP 7511

UP 3053 continues south out of Dupo while passing under a classic Missouri Pacific signal bridge on Union Pacific's Chester Subdivision. Locomotives: UP 3053 & UP 5493

UP 5748 holds the main while waiting for Amtrak on a snowy Christmas Eve. Locomotives: UP 5748, UP 8169, NS 9831, UP 5663, UP 1052 & UP 2019

An eastbound coal train has just exited the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1928 and is 24 feet high, 18 feet wide, and 6.2 miles long over the continental divide. Th... (more)

A Union Pacific Freight heads West as they pass through Vincent, AR.

A Union Pacific Vehicle Train roars West as they pass through Earle, AR.

Freshly painted UP 1996 sits on the ready tracks outside of NRE Locomotive shops at Mount Vernon, IL. UP 2001, UP 2002 & UP 1989 were also on the property during my visit.

A westbound freight train back in August 1996 is carrying power that really doesn't exist much anymore on the UP. A Pair of SD9043 and a pair of "ZZ-tops" roll a westbound at Chelsea. Ba... (more)

I am really glad I was turned onto this era that the UP went thru in early 2000's. Helper Utah seemed to be the holding ground for the last life of the Rio Grande tunnel motors. The main attracti... (more)

Man life was good back in early 2000's. Someone from UP thought it was cool to get most of the DRGW tunnel motors and placed them in Helper, Utah. It was a railfan's delight. Here a trio of helper... (more)

Snow is coming down pretty heavy in the higher elevations as this Denver to Salt Lake freight train fights the weather and the grade towards Moffat Tunnel. The train is seen here just down from Cl... (more)

For alittle while in early 2000's the UP went thru an era where they were using alot of small 4 axle units on the branchlines in Iowa. Eagle Grove was the hideout for UP B23-7's, SP B23-7's, and C... (more)

A southbound UP freight train passes the elevator at Garden City on the UP Spineline. Today's train is power by 2 nice looking WC motors. Garden City is in central Iowa and 15 miles north of Nevad... (more)

A southbound sits in the siding at Sheffield after bucking drifts out of Mason City. Sheffield is the 1st siding out of Mason City on the UP Spineline. This is the ex-Rock Island route from St. Pa... (more)

Down from Tunnel #1 on the Moffat Tunnel Sub is the crossing called Blue Mountain Road. This spot one could stack the mid-train power over top the head end power on most coal trains. This was a ne... (more)