This morning, I got out to photograph the UP 4222 leading the PHNCB through my neck of the woods, and was happy to have gotten it at three locations; Topeka, Lawrence, and Bonner Springs. All thr... (more)

Canyon crossing. Union Pacific Railroad 4222 (SD70M) leads a ten car engineering special up the west side of Coal Creek Canyon in Golden, CO on the morning of Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Extensive wor... (more)

UP 1111 Approaching MP194 on the Coast Sub

PCBAL Business train led by The Employee Pride Locomotive which was created to honor the men and women of Union Pacific Railroad. Seen here at Wilder MN

Union Pacific 1111, the employee pride locomotive, makes its first run westbound on the Geneva Subdivision with an office car special.

UP 1943 running a special out of the Columbia River Gorge.

The UP special rolls into Portland, past the ORHF daylight cars as thunder storms roll along in the distance.

Chatsworth Rocks, in Santa Susana Pass in the northwest corner of Los Angeles, was the location of countless early Western films, from silent movies up to Roy Rogers’ television show. It has al... (more)

UP 1111 leads a special Northbound on the UP Coast Sub through Elkhorn Slough.

Crossing the Gaviota Trestle,Union Pacific no. 1111, wearing the Powered by people livery pulls it's 9 car Heritage Fleet consist across a deserted Gaviota State Beach.

UP 1111 North leads a 9 car special, bound for San Luis Obispo, seen here passing thru Seacliff on it's journey up the Coast Line.

"Powered By Our People"...On A Different Railroad. Still less than half way into its trip from Las Vegas, NV to San Luis Obispo, CA, UP 1111 and its business car train find themse... (more)

UP 1111's First Coast Trip. Having just joined the Pacific Ocean for the first time, UP 1111, adorned in a special paint scheme honoring the employees of the railroad, belches smoke as the ... (more)

Union Pacific special trains have run with many different diesel engines leading over the years but nothing ever looked better than the A-B-A set of E's on the head end. An example is this Union P... (more)

Running solo and putting on a smoke show in the process, UP 1111 leads an engineering special around the infamous Chatsworth curve as it prepares to duck into Tunnel 28 and begin its assault of Sa... (more)