Steel has always been Pittsburgh's big claim to fame and the Union RR is one of the staples. Here we see URR 18 leading the morning slabs through Dravosburg. The slabs come from Edgar Thomson Stee... (more)
Some things never change - throughout high school and college the SP held trains out waiting to get in to the yard, and UP is now doing the same - 25 years later!
A couple of hikers take a break to watch UP's once a week Potash train enter Bootlegger Canyon with 10 car loads. The 1.5 mile trail behind the train leads to the famous Corona Arch.
Before the Big Boy departed from St. Paul Union Deport, two Union Pacific SD40N's lead a transfer between UP's South St Paul Yard and East Minneapolis Yard.