This locomotive was involved in a collision 12/17/2007 between the towns of Derby and Mulvane Kansas. The unit was leading the Red Rock coal train when it collided with a UP local, taking impacts ... (more)
With my work schedule being what it is I am not always able to chase the best of what UP has to offer. As a personal favor to me, the railroad offered to bring it's E9's to my home town and save ... (more)
This locomotive was involved in a collision 12/17/2007 between the towns of Derby and Mulvane Kansas. The unit was leading the Red Rock coal train when it collided with a UP local, taking impacts... (more)
Hazmat work still to be done, UP 6545 and 6715 will wait a while to get back on the rails.
The smell of #2 diesel still in the air, UP 6545 and 6715 await heavy-duty cranes to get them back on the rails.
Moonlight was the only light, so I setup the tripod and fought the high winds to get this shot!
Looking more like a model locomotive, the last operating Union Pacific Centennial DD40X, UP 6936 East, is seen in a pan shot from an ice covered farm road just east of Round Grove, Illinois on Feb... (more)
The flanger works Eastbound on the #1 track.
One of the neatest railroad displays in the US greats motorists entering Nebraska from Iowa on I-80 in Omaha. Centennial 6900 and Big Boy 4023 are high on a bluff above the freeway welcoming trave... (more)
14 locomotives at the locomotive shops with an ex-C&NW (far right) and SP (inside). See a picture from my second visit.
A dream turns to reality, well almost. Thanks to Peter Lerro and crew for a job well done!
You can go back in time! Many thanks to Peter Lerro and his hard-working crew for putting on great night photo shoot.
Descending on the old south track in Cajon Pass, the Rio Grande heritage unit passes Stein's Hill and approaches SR 138 in the late afternoon sunlight.
Storm clouds are gathering high above the mountains as more coal slowly heads downgrade toward Denver.
Union Pacific Challenger 3985 sits inside the UP Steam Shop with her smokebox door opened, giving a rare view of the inside of her smokebox.
