Upgrades to the Modern Mainline of Mid-America. Amtrak #59 (the southbound City of New Orleans) led by AMTK #4 charges through CN's new super defect detector. This structure is a consolidation of ... (more)

View of the dead line at UP's Downing B. Jenks Shop. UP 4014 can be seen moving east in the background. A series of locomotive receiving maintenance can be seen throughout the shop's complex. UP 6... (more)

Hundreds have gathered on the platform at Little Rock Union Station to see 4014 arrive. In fact, 4014 has even captured the attention of some kids playing on a school playground in the background.... (more)

A GMQX EMD SW9 switcher shuffles empty cars around the main plant area. Over the next few days these cars will be loaded and then passed off to the Union Pacific as a unit train.

TVRM 1829, formerly USAX 1829, sits on the western end of the TVRM by their 1950's decorated station. 1829 was built in 8/1951. Later it will head over to the Grand Junction Station for the first... (more)

Numerous pieces of equipment sit at the TVRM's Grand Junction Station near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Closest to us is TVRM 5288, a 4-6-2 built in 1918 by Montreal Locomotive Works. It served on the ... (more)

Welcome to Little Rock. With hundreds waiting on the platform, UP 4014 crawls east into the Little Rock Union Station with the State Capitol building in the background. The Arkansas State Capitol ... (more)

Among the local cotton gins, LRWN 500 rests for the night. LRWN 500 was built as GM&O 707 in 8/1969. After the GM&O/IC merger, it served the ICG as 9526. It would go on to the Bay Line as 500. Whe... (more)

The sun is fading away as UPY 681 stands guard at the UP North Little Rock Yard. BNSF 8770 rolls eastbound past the mainline fuel racks which are used to refuel high priority intermodal without an... (more)

Hundreds have gathered on the platform to watch as UP 4014 arrives in Little Rock at Little Rock Union Station. The time is 2:36 as 4014 has come to a stop to allow the hundreds on the platf... (more)

The last car of 4014 rolls past the deadline at UP's Downing B. Jenks Shops while a crowd of UP employees watch from the other side. 4014 will be brought back here after being turned at the Van Bu... (more)

Among the confines of Odus Pack Motors in North Little Rock, the fall sun fades away as a series of locomotives have reached their final resting place after decades of service. Included in this as... (more)

Outside the UP Downing B. Jenks Shop, UP 6938 stands proudly.

Downtown Little Rock stands in the background, while Union Pacific 4014 rolls over the Arkansas River after leaving Union Station right on time at 2:45. Note the crowds lining the track on this si... (more)

After waiting for 4014 to turn on the Van Buren Wye, BNSF 8770 has a clear track east as it rolls past the UP North Little Rock Locomotive Complex. The long gondolas on the UP train beside it are ... (more)