An eastbound runthrough freight from North Platte, NE to Chicago (Proviso Yard) slows to a stop to change from UP to CNW crews. I would join the crew with a couple others from CNW's Corporate Indu... (more)

After Rocky Mountain Railroad Club’s 1985 Denver-Laramie round trip reached Speer Junction, Wyoming, one of the largest diesels ever built replaced the largest active steam locomotive on the pla... (more)

Power-short Union Pacific put the Centennials back on the line for a few months in 1984. Here, 6912 tops the summit of Cajon Pass.

The lines formerly operated by Dakota Southern are now being operated by WATCO's Ringneck & Western, meaning that the Dakota Southern equipment has to be removed. A former Missouri Pacific Jordan... (more)

Union Pacific 6904 is stored with three other DD40Xs, along with Missouri Pacific GP38-2s and a long line of UP GP-30B engine. Photo taken with permission.

Union Pacific DDA40X has long been a parts source for the Dakota Southern Railway. It is rumored to be heading to a rail museum in Nebraska. WATCO's Ringneck & Western is the new operator of the... (more)

UP 6941 sits with MKT 213 and other various UP locomotives at the Union Pacific Omaha diesel shops. There were also Missouri Pacific, Western Pacific diesels at the shops, as well as the UP 951 E... (more)

A Centennial EMD locomotive passes under an absolute cantilever signal under a beautiful Wyoming sky. Duplicate Ektachrome. Photographer: Jack Hawkins. John E. Troxler Collection

UP 6911 receives a needed wash likely somewhere in Nebraska during the 70s. Kodachrome - John E. Troxler collection, Photographer Unknown.

Oh what a consist. DD40X 6935 leads a Western Pacific GP35 3001, and UP SD40-2. With a funereal train of the Union Pacific Sulzer's, with UP 64 up front. Sulzer's was a failed experiment, to put a... (more)

After being on display at Portland's Union Station centennial celebration, Union Pacific 6936 departs the Rose City on the point of an intermodal train.

A westbound lead by a DD40X is at Salt Lake North yard. They are parked next to the yard office, Getting a new crew, and inspecting the train. Then it will be off, on it's journey over the LASL.

Union Pacific 6905 leads the SuperVan intermodal into the Yermo Yard. The UP 6905 was just pulled out of long time storage and put back into service. The year 1984 was a great time chasing the bi... (more)

UP 6937 is the first in a long line of stored DD40Xs in the Las Vegas yard. It hard to believe I took this photo 39 years ago. Photo taken with permission.

After picking up some maintenance-of-way cars in the small yard at Kelso, UP 6936 leads an eastbound manifest up Cima Hill. The town of Kelso in the distance to the right, and beyond are the Kels... (more)