First shift paint shop supervisor David Smith takes inventory of the Scotchlite Union Pacific lettering used on the sides of locomotives that aren’t adorned with the large flags, such as hood un... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC No. 3598, along with several other units, is stored behind the shop at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. Larger shield and w... (more)

Rainy day in Arkansas
Union Pacific EMD GP38-2 No. 689 is in the process of being rebuilt into a GP38N at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on a rainy May 20, ... (more)

Storm clouds build over Homestake Pass as a Montana Rail Link ballast empty heads upgrade to the loader at Spire Rock at Pipestone, Montana, on October 3, 2022. This train is operating on a portio... (more)

Wearing its Burlington Route-inspired color scheme, Bloomer EMD GP9 No. 91 waits to go to work at Gibson City, Illinois, on April 24, 1993. This short line was formed in 1985, originally operating... (more)

Amtrak EMD F40PH No. 259 leads train 7, the westbound Empire Builder, as it departs Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 28, 1993. The westbound train is approaching the N. 25th Street overpass on Soo Li... (more)

Former Chicago & North Western EMD GP15-1 No. 4416 is now California Northern No. 105 at Napa Junction, California, on March 7, 1994. Similar to the MP15, the GP15-1 also has a cooling system that... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific freight climbs Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming, late in the day of June 25, 2021. This location is at milepost 823 just east of the top of the hill at Peru on the ... (more)

Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, rolls along the Colorado River as it exits Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on September 16, 2021.

A westbound Santa Fe vehicle train rushes through Leeds, Illinois, on April 16, 1994. AT&SF No. 2751 has put on a few miles between Chicago and California, and looks it—but it was sure nice to s... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena local descends Winston Hill approaching milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, on June 30, 2020. Powering the train is EMD SD40-2XR No. 263 and GP9 No. 109.

Built in November 2006, Union Pacific RailPower RP20BD (also labeled a RP20GE by UP) No. UPY 2613 sits at the locomotive facility at railroad’s Joliet Intermodal Terminal at Joliet, Illinois on ... (more)

Union Pacific RailPower RP20BD (UP labels it a RP20GE) No. UPY 2613 sits at the locomotive facility at UP’s Joliet Intermodal Terminal at Joliet, Illinois on November 10, 2010. Flanking it are N... (more)

Rio Grande narrow gauge caboose No. 0579 sits in the Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad’s shop building in Antonito, Colorado, on June 6, 2018. In the foreground is a passenger truc... (more)

A peek into the Diesel House reveals Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 309 on Track 3, along with several other Union Pacific locomotives on adjoining tracks, at UP’s former Rio Grande Burnham Sh... (more)