AMTK 200 & AMTK 139 leave the station and yard control tower, heading west toward Ogden, UT.
The west bound California Zephyer makes a short stop in Green River, WY. Starting in Chicago and headed for the Frisco area, work on the Moffett Tunnel has moved this run north for a few weeks.
UP 9519 moves into the sand tower to fill up after being refueled.
UP 4282 & UP 7909 move an Auto Rack westward toward California. This is one of the crew change points on the UP Overland Route.
UP 5416 takes on some sand at the Diesel Service Area and a quick top off of fuel, before going straight back to the Overland Route Mainline, then west toward Evanston and then Ogden, Utah. She wi... (more)
UP 5402 leads a pig train out of the Green River Yard with a fresh crew that might make it to Elko Nevada.
Another busy day at Green River, Wyoming. Crews are changed here and some trains broken up and or made up. One of the fuel stops going west or east . . . one of the busiest points on the Union Pac... (more)
A delivery of continuos welded rail sections . . . it might be three blocks long, or perhaps even longer? How do you suppose they ever load them? To see this straight rail "snake" around the curve... (more)
Note 2nd unit CNW 8567
Business as usual for UP in 1975, with GP30s working the yard and GP30s and GP9Bs on a potash train. Kodachrome 64, Yashica TL-Electro X
Great scenery