The Modesto Local grinds around the curve near downtown.

Modesto local crosses Tuolumne River Bridge near downtown in the early morning.

The Union Pacific Des Moines local job has arrived at the Shortline Yard on the east side of Des Moines, Iowa and is shoving around the connector track off of the Trenton Sub. The crew will break ... (more)

Union Pacific EMD GP40 1488 recently out shopped as a GP40N leads the Modesto local through downtown.

A tied up train awaits a recrew by the YLA63R crew on the former San Pedro Sub main, which was once UP's primary access point to the Ports of LA and Long Beach. A former SP GP40P-2 rebuild is the ... (more)

Union Pacific local LRJ88 has an EMD GP40N and GP60 for power as it switches the Martinez Refining Company's yard just east of its namesake town.

The Atchison local pulls thru town as they head to the southside to work along the river. This is the UP Fall City Sub between KC and Omaha. The leader is an ex-SSW 7606.

The Torrance Local returns to Los Angeles with GP40P-2 carbody 1373 in charge. Unfortunately, while this rare unit was freshly repainted and overhauled 11-12 months ago, it was heavily tagged in s... (more)

Job 82 heads back south on the Stillwater Industrial Lead after switching out Andersen Windows. The 1543 is a former Western Pacific GP40-2 that was recently rebuilt into a GP40N.

The LOW10 arrives back at 4th Street Yard to finish up their week of working the Torrance Industrial Lead. Trailing is GP40P-2 carbody 1373.

A rebuilt GP40P-2 and GP15-1 are tied up on the San Pedro Sub awaiting a recrew by the YLA63R. It's unusual for clean, untagged power on these jobs so this was a nice surprise.

Normally UP LSH, the lime train, heads north using trackage rights on the BNSF River Sub. However, due to flooding on the Mississippi River LSH departs south on the former Missouri & Illinois.

UP GP40N 1337 emerges from a winter wonderland as it heads back to its train from a industry north of Crystal Lake.