Coal empties return to the Powder River Basin

A westbound UP double stack train splits the grain elevators at Cozad, NE.

A westbound UP intermodal train passes a grain elevator in Cozad, NE.

UP 6648 heads east on the UP mainline through Nebraska.

NEBRASKA! This is it. Grain elevators, high sun, heat, and high speed Union Pacific freight.

Which is rarer? Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985, the world's only operating Challenger and one of two remaining, seems like the easy answer. However, a closer look reveals that the switcher is P... (more)

Accelerating out of Cozad after a whistle stop.

It is nice to see a conventional cab playing among the wide cabs.

A Global 1 bound intermodal train sizes up with the Peavey Grain Elevator at Cozad.

UP 1409 wears 3 sets of horns in this photo; 2 on the cab and one behind the dynamic brake fan. She was the last operating SDP35 on UP; removed from storage at Yermo, CA, 6/83 to protect Amtrakā€... (more)