Still crawling in to the Oakland Terminal, 6936 and train have just finished the long haul from West Colton.

Assigned to a system-wide inspection special for Union Pacific officials, UP 6936 powers the train up the former Southern Pacific Coast Line and across the famous Gaviota Trestle, located roughly ... (more)

UP 6936 Special pulling 12 business cars heads from Yuma to West Colton on this day. Chasing this for 60 miles was quite the joy!

A nice and clean UP special runs through El Casco, with the UP6936 leading.

UP 6930 sits on the steam leads at the end of a bright day under a fantastic sky. This unit has indoor track space paid up so hopefully she'll get a fresh coat of paint and live indoors soon. Mo... (more)

UP's inspection special heads for Des Moines on the ex-Rock Island Spine Line.

Hungry for the 70s? A 'fast forty sandwich' will satisfy those cravings. Here we have an eastbound trailer train approaching the outskirts of Laramie at 70mph. The lead Centennial was scrapped ... (more)

The sunrise welcomes UP 6936 to the town of Watseka, IL....

A day after the tragic shooting on the campus of NIU, the UP ran an inspection special east through DeKalb with the DD40X and 10 cars. The tall building in the background to the right of the coal... (more)

The engineers special slows momentarily in Altamont to join CSX trackage to St. Elmo, IL.

Looking more like a model train, the last operating Union Pacific Centennial DD40X, UP 6936 East, operates an officers special as seen from an ice covered farm road just east of Round Grove, Illin... (more)

Looking more like a model locomotive, the last operating Union Pacific Centennial DD40X, UP 6936 East, is seen in a pan shot from an ice covered farm road just east of Round Grove, Illinois on Feb... (more)

The one and only operatable DDA-40X, UP 6936, heads south through St. Anne.