On a sunny, albeit cold, February morning Union Pacific's Sinclair local coasts into its namesake with SD40Ns 1823 and 1865 up front. Quietly observing its passage is former UP CA8 #25561, now on ... (more)

Having just topped the summit of Peru Hill an eastbound Union Pacific shooter coasts downgrade into Green River, WY. A trio of EMD SD70AHs make up the headend consist; UP 8888-8883-8944.

About to begin the daunting 6 mile climb to Cliff a eastbound BNSF stack train swings around the Caliente horseshoe, led this morning by BNSF warbonnet 715.

If you've ever stood in amazement at the sight of an eastbound laboring out of Caliente, fighting for each mile through all the twists and turns, obtaining 700 feet in 6 rail miles to again come i... (more)

Nearing the summit of the continuous pull that has ailed them since departing Needles, BNSF's westbound Q NYCLAC is now only a few miles from the top at Goffs.

C&NW heritage...version 2.0! Having recently emerged from NRE's paint booth in Mt. Vernon, IL Union Pacific's 'refreshed' C&NW heritage unit finds the leading roll on a westbound Z train, seen neg... (more)

As evening sets in over the Sierra, accompanied by a thick layer of low clouds, a meet between east and west takes places at Norden. As the eastbound MRVNP's rear dupes prepare to ease into what r... (more)

Busy times on the Overland main! As the sun sinks low in the western sky a trio of westbounds have gathered at the Green River depot awaiting the dispatchers discretion. Amid the parade on the mai... (more)

With the Wasatch mountains forming the backdrop an eastbound Union Pacific stack train, with Western Pacific heritage colors leading the way, works through the Henefer Valley on the approach to Ec... (more)

Weaving along the northern bank of the Weber River just east of Devil's Slide an eastbound Union Pacific stack train swims 'up stream' on the Evanston Subdivision. On the point is UP 1983, which w... (more)

Welcome to Rock Springs, WY.

A pair of cascade green SD40-2s bring BNSF's returning Swan Ranch Local back to Cheyenne, crossing the 'C&S' bridge over old US30 and Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision at Tower A (west Cheyenne)... (more)

Eastbound tonnage descends the 'gangplank' on Sherman Hill, passing the searchlight installation at West Granite.

A westbound Union Pacific stack train threads through the heart of the 'Grand Canyon of the Mojave'.

No that's not a mirage.....With the weight of their soda ash train now fully on the uphill grade leaving the barren Searles Valley, which will persist all the way to Searles, the thunderous roar e... (more)