A group of UP SD40Ns sit in Las Vegas

Two SD40N's and a SD40-2 serve as the helpers for an eastbound coke train. It's always a refreshing sight to see standard cab EMD's out on the main.

The 1830 and 1568 quickly accelerate across the flat northwest Iowa farmland toward Worthington, MN after completing their work in Sheldon, IA. The snoot nosed UP 1830 is original to the UP roste... (more)

The conductor and engineer of UP's local from Worthington, MN quickly confer before backing up to pick up a cut of covered hoppers off of the CP's former DM&E at Sheldon. The UP 1830 looks fresh ... (more)

A nice looking pair of Union Pacific SD40Ns pass the former C&NW depot in Sheldon as they shove a cut of hoppers toward the mill in the distance.

Units tied down at the east end of Proviso Yard.

UP 1637 rebuilt from SD40-2 3479 switches at Oroville.

A pair of veteran EMD standard cabs make the turn south at Tower B12 for IHB's Norpaul Yard with a transfer job.

A remote control yard job drills the south end of Sosan Yard with a SD40-2/GP38-2 combo, both wearing relatively fresh paint.

Five EMD's lead this 8000 foot manifest. All five in notch 8 and sanders on to keep this monster at track speed. Power UP1948,UP2007,CP4432,CP4450,Soo4448. The SD40N's were probably taken at Be... (more)

After holding on Track 1 for a westbound stack train and an eastbound coal train to clear, the Sinclair local with six carloads of petroleum coke and one carload of asphalt darts into the Rawlins ... (more)

A pair of UP SD40N's handle the G41 transfer, making way from Bensenville to Proviso.

A pair of UP SD40N's, a pair of CP GP38-2's and a SOO GP38-2 lead CP 472 east through Wood Dale. Five EMD's in run 8 with sanders made for quite the show.

A lone SD40 rebuild switches a cut of trailers as a genset sits in the foreground.

After shooting this Union Pacific Dirt Train at Wellington, Utah, I raced ahead of it to Mounds, then up the Sunnyside Sub, forded Grassy Trail Creek and finally to the lower end of East Carbon De... (more)