On Independence Day 2012, while Norfolk Southern's twenty "Heritage" units were gathered in Spencer, North Carolina, one of Union Pacific's "Heritage" units, SD70ACe 1989 paint... (more)

Home rails
Union Pacific No. 1989, the Rio Grande heritage locomotive, looks right at home exiting Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, over former D&RGW territory on July 10, 2006.

As the sun sets, UP 1989 leads a West Colton bound manifest out of San Timoteo Canyon.

Traveling eastbound on Union Pacific’s North Fork Subdivision, an Operation Lifesaver special is between Payne and Rogers Mesa, Colorado, on June 14, 2009. Powering the passenger train is Rio Gr... (more)

Beneath the imposing edifice of Dodge’s Bluff in spectacular Ruby Canyon, a westbound Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver passenger train approaches Utaline, Colorado, on June 13, 2009. Powering t... (more)

UP 1989 the Rio Grande heritage unit leading it's train over the Wellington bridge at track speed.

UP #1989 leads the ZYCLD through rural St. Elmo.

UP 1989 leads the ZYCLD into Mount Vernon.

UP #1989 leads the ZYCLD train into Salem yard limits where it will change crews and head south,

NS 226 pauses at Lithia Springs a few minutes after sunrise with a special visitor leading the way.

UP 1989, the Rio Grande Heritage engine highballs through this high speed curve heading Eastbound.

UP 1989 holding at Woodlawn Rd. with track work and train traffic ahead's

UP SD70ACe 1989, the Rio Grande heritage unit departs Bensenville Yard with the CP G41 transfer bound for Proviso Yard.

UP 1989, in the Rio Grande Heritage paint scheme, leads NS 33E along Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line and through Hammond, IN.

The Union Pacific's Rio Grande unit heads NS train 16E through the decidedly urban landscape of East Chicago, IN on 9/24/2014 at 12:05pm. This train would not get much further, the dispatcher wou... (more)