UP 8149, an SD9043MAC, shoves this manifest east, approaching Lexington.

1960-vintage UP 476 leads three C&NW GP50s built just about exactly 20 years later.

UP apparently was less than thrilled with EMD's GP40X, and ordered no follow-up GP50s, but the two models wound up serving together on C&NW/UP pool trains, often on Falcons and other speedy interm... (more)

A patched SP unit pushes on eastbound coal loads as a westbound stack train approaches in the distance, viewed from the pedestrian overpass in Lexington, NE.

Having met an eastbound coal train in the distance, a colorful westbound stack train blasts through downtown Lexington, passing by the local elevator's power. The stark landscape of west central N... (more)

Union Pacific's mainline across Nebraska is famous for long trains stretching to the horizon, and lots of them, so this eight-car local, with a single GP38-2 for power, is an anomaly. UP 2000 is ... (more)

UP 844 is eastbound at Lexington NE.

Storm clouds are moving in but thankfully are soon to pass.

UP 7733 heads west on UP's triple track Kearney Sub with a passenger special from Council Bluffs, IA to Salt Lake City, UT.

Local power idles at Lexington, NE.