Built in December 1944 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCo) Union Pacific 844 holds the distinction of being the last new steam locomotive purchased by Union Pacific, wrapping up a legacy of ... (more)

A trio of big road motors lift eastbound tonnage up the western slope of famed Sherman Hill as an afternoon storm system moves across southern Wyoming. Still guarded by venerable Union Switch & Si... (more)

As afternoon storm clouds roll across northern Colorado Union Pacific FEF-3 #844 storms through Ault on UP's Greeley Subdivision, the abandoned Farr's Feed elevator provides the backdrop for the b... (more)

After a successful rebuild Union Pacific's famed FEF-3 #844 returned to excursion service pulling the 2016 addition of the Cheyenne Frontier Days special between Denver, CO and Cheyenne, WY. Havin... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific grain train highlights the precarious perch of UP's Canyon Subdivision as it drifts 'downstream' west of Merlin. Built by the Western Pacific Railroad the rails through t... (more)

With a pair of venerable old EMD motors leading the charge Union Pacific's Mina Local hustles through Painted Rock en route to Hazen, NV and the former Southern Pacific Mina Branch. As the local h... (more)

As storm clouds move across southern Nevada's vast desert a loaded ballast train is westbound behind a pair of 'pooled' Ferromex ES44ACs. This line was originally built by the San Pedro, Los Angel... (more)

With freshly touched up 'heritage paint' F59PH 859 on the point Metrolink train 207 accelerates away from the station at Via Princessa and towards the siding at Honby. Train 207 terminates in Via ... (more)

Train time in Rawlins, WY…… A busy railroad town since the beginning Rawlins continues to serve as a crew change point and fueling location for trains traveling Union Pacific's busy Overland R... (more)

Notching up while aglow in the late afternoon sun a pair of Utah Railway GP38-3s prepare to take the signal at CP Becks and head for home having finished their switching at Salt Lake City's Chevro... (more)

Late afternoon in Cajon Pass finds a pair of trains 'racing' up the western slope of Southern California's Cajon Pass. In the foreground UP 8094 west (north by Union Pacific's interpretation) work... (more)

A westbound unit tank train carefully drifts down the western slope of Cajon Pass near Blue Cut with recently delivered ES44C4 4264 on the point.

The Circus is in town! As the Summer sun beats down on southern California's famed Tehachapi Pass the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey 'blue unit' Circus train carefully negotiates Clear Cree... (more)

Drifting down 'stream' through the Colorado Rockies a 17 car Union Pacific executive special is led by a pair of 'heavies', representing both EMD and GE, near Burns, CO on the Dotsero Cutoff. This... (more)

Bathed in late afternoon sun light the vibrant hills of southern California's San Timoteo Canyon are alive with the sound of whining dynamics and squealing wheels as a westbound Z train emerges fr... (more)