With UP 5227 on Main #1 beside it, UP 4141 goes through a crew change before departure towards Yermo and beyond.

UP 4141 prepares to depart Las Vegas behind UP 5227 on it's first trip west on a very windy November night.

Eastbound Autorack waiting for a crew at the outskirts of town.

This UP Ballast train waits for a crew to continune it's journey west

This empty ballest train waits for for clearance to proceed into Vegas and crew change.

Mid-summer sunrise in Vegas. Sure beats Stonehenge!

Dry Lake Nevada, as the moon sets in the distance over the sheep mountains range to the west. This crewless ballast train waits out the Labor day weekend.

This westbound manifest finally catches a green at the entrance to the Las Vegas valley at Apex.

With both crew members working together prepare two additional engines to their consist. UP 8462 idles quitly on this Vegas morning.

A pair of GEVO's in Las Vegas, 1st photo with my new/used Canon 20D

The animals cars of the Circus train are brought on to the main line for a short run to downtown Las Vegas. The animals can be seens in the opened doors

UP 7310 starts unloading coal at the Raid Gardner power plant in the early morning

Power move

Parked

With the moon over head this crewless trash train waits out the night at Dry Lake.