UP 3096 climbs uphill near MP 186 (Troy) on Donner pass.

The Modesto local is stopped east of Downtown for track maintenance on Union Pacific's Turlock branch line.

Led by a Union Pacific unit, an eastbound Southern Pacific train on the Modoc Line climbs the grade to Sage Hen summit. Ironically, UP's acquisition of SP would doom this trackage to abandonment.

An eastbound train on the Modoc Line has arrived at Wendel, where the midtrain helpers will be set out. Southern Pacific had less than a month of independence remaining.

Early morning finds a long eastbound manifest working up Beaumont Hill at El Casco.

UP 6600 in new flagless paint heads west on the rear of the ZMQLA at El Casco.

In a few moments this eastbound UP-Train runs on the BNSF-Track through the Sullivan's Curve.

UP 7189 along with a CN unit bring up the rear of a fast moving westbound Z at El Casco.

Union Pacific GP40P-2 1375, the former Southern Pacific 7602, originally SP 3199) is one of just three GP40P-2s built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division – all for the SP. Purchased as pa... (more)

Rounding the curve at the top of Pitas Point at the County Park of Faria, Union Pacific AC4400CW No. 6884 basks in the last of the Sunset.

Yard power moves past one of the crew members to clear the switches after spotting a consist of freight cars. They made a reverse move to head back to the classification yard after the switches w... (more)

Idling away in the Union Pacific’s former Western Pacific yard in Oakland are UP SD40-2 3373 (built 3/77) and UP SD40-2 3916 (ex-MP 6016; née-MP 3232; built 8/76). Before long, these locomotiv... (more)

UP 3093 leads a fast moving westbound Z down Beaumont Hill.

Southern Pacific GP9 3403 (ex-SP subsidiary Texas & New Orleans 403) and GP9E 3370 (ex-SP GP9 3556, née-TNO 434) back into an industrial complex to drop off some box cars as SP's Huntington Be... (more)

UP 7370 leads a train out of the Union Pacific departure yard at West Colton. The train is heading out to the main line leading to the Palmdale cut-off and up Cajon Pass.