A three unit set of brand new UP ET44AH's just delivered from GE power an intermodal train westbound over the UP's Sidney Subdivision just west of the line's namesake town.

UP action at Sidney
Two Union Pacific stack trains meet at Sidney, Nebraska, as the local with two SD40-2s, waits to get out on the busy UP main on the morning of July 11, 2008. I almos... (more)

CP 8855 brings up the rear of a Northbound empty as it heads for Alliance.

CP 8855 brings up the rear of a Northbound empty as it heads for Alliance.

Brand new BNSF 8599 leads a NB empty up the Angora Sub towards Alliance.

Three GE's lead this westbound North Platte to Pocatello manifest (MNPPC 19) as it rounds the curve west of Sidney, NE.

One of the big 9000 class three cylinder 4-12-2's hauls a freight west of Sidney, NE. No photographer name listed on slide.

At 5:55 a.m. on July 11, 2008, a Union Pacific coal train heads east at milepost 403 east of Sidney, Nebraska. GE AC4400CW No. 6844 being used as a DPU on the rear of the train passes by under the... (more)

UP 6551 leads a westbound grain train just west of Sidney along UP's busy double track main.

2 freshly painted SD40-2's are on the point of a westbound local parked along the UP mainline in Sidney.

SLGG 427 ex Helm, and SLGG 6342 ex SP idle near the Road 111 crossing outside of Sidney Nebraska.

Men at work.....

Sunrise at Sidney
A westbound Union Pacific coal train passes milepost 403 east of Sidney at 5:43 a.m. on July 11, 2008, under a spectacular Nebraska sunrise.

Action at Sidney
Two Union Pacific stack trains meet at Sidney, Nebraska, as a BNSF coal train flies over the action on their overpass over the busy UP main on the morning of July 11, 2... (more)

While UP 844 is stopped for routine maintenance, "Lurch" talks with some kids about Steam railroading.