I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR MONTHS AND IT'S FINALLY HERE! I AM FINALLY GOT A HERITAGE UNIT ON CAMERA!!!!!! Ok, well I didn't go crazy like the famous Tosh.0 kid, but I did drive a... (more)

Rio Grande visits the South! UP 1989 passes through Downtown Douglasville on the point of NS I2G bound for Atlanta.

UP's Rio Grande heritage unit leads stack train I2G past Douglasville, GA, enroute to Atlanta. With NS's heritage celebration beginning in a few days, this was a good way to start the weekend, wi... (more)

UP's Rio Grande Heritage ACe rounds the big curve at Beaumont with Long Beach, CA to Shreveport, LA stacks.

This UP stack is almost at the BRC Clearing Yard but after being held for over 12x BNSF hot Z Trains west of Joliet. UP 1989 is about to enter IHB tracks and is being passed the light motor's the ... (more)

UP 1989 glides down grade toward the loop.

Heritage for the Ski Train
For two weekends in 2007, when one of the Ski Train's F40PH locomotives was down, UP thoughtfully provided Rio Grande Heritage No. 1989 to help haul the train... (more)

The view way up from Hwy 58 shows the UP 1989 continuing its way down grade through beautiful mountain scenery soon to enter Tunnel Three.

Rio Grande heritage leads a short Z train from LATC to Lathrop down grade just west of the loop in Keene California.

Heritage in Ruby Canyon
Union Pacific’s Operation Lifesaver special crosses McDonald Creek below Dodge’s Bluff in spectacular Ruby Canyon just east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 13,... (more)

The Rio Grande unit leads S23909 passes a G type signal just west of Casey, Il on a nice winter evening.

After a tough battle up hill, the 1989 now faces a tough decent down into Mojave. This is the final decent (2.3%) down into the Mojave "sink". UP 1989 has just rolled under the MP 377 signal bridg... (more)

The trio of EMD's work hard up the 2.36% grade found between Cable and the city of Tehachapi, the train is also passing the Cable X-overs. Only a few miles remain before the train crests the Summi... (more)

Rio Grande heritage unit 1989 leads a Southbound auto train between a Cawelo and Saco on the Fresno Sub.