The Portland Rose, is led by #844, Union Pacific's last 4-8-4 steam locomotive in service, and the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific. Here, she is seen powering the Portland Rose speci... (more)

A border of flowers frames two southbound SD60M's heading through Old Town on a sunny summer afternoon.

UP 7868 runs southbound on Union Pacific's Valley Subdivision, below Castle Crags, a 150-million year old granite pluton formation. The crags range from 2,000 to 6,500 feet above sea level.

My 100^th photo on RP.net!
A six car Officer's special train heads through West North Dalles at a good clip. The train would wye in Wishram on the Celilo Bridge, the... (more)

BNSF C44-9W #1021 leads an empty grain train over a bridge just east of the Rock Island Bridge on a clear sunny morning.

A rather odd consist of three Burlington Northern Santa Fe units (AC4400CW, GP28M, and GP39E) and two Union Pacific units (SD70ACe and AC4400CW) lead a westbound manifest train past the not-yet-bl... (more)

The Dilworth-Pasco high priority manifest crests Providence Hill in the morning sunlight.

Canon 5D "Classic" with Canon 24-105 f/4L IS. - 1/400th - f/6.3 - ISO 50 - 84mm -
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Happily humming, three large electric motors pump water to strawberry fields at sunset, while 12 larger electric motors power a northbound Union Pacific manifest train through Mt. Hebron, Californ... (more)

An eastbound "Super-Fruit" train crests the grade at Telocaset in run eight.

A northbound manifest train heads downgrade at Moody, nearing the end of its trip on the BNSF Oregon Trunk Subdivision.

Stored as recently as June, Union Pacific SD40-2 #3548 as well as two others, leads a 72-car local train from La Grande to Hinkle, Oregon in the fading light.

A brand new SD70ACe leads a garbage train south along Ruston Way.

My 50^th photo on RP.net! Union Pacific 6955, an ex-AC6000 pushes on a westbound manifest train at the top of Telocaset Hill. This locomotive had its 6,250 horsepower 7HDL engi... (more)

BNSF 5397 leads a westbound manifest through East Maryhill on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision. Note the smiley face in between the number boards.

Union Pacific 8262 leads a westbound grain train through the Columbia River Gorge at Milepost 99.0. This was taken during the 2012 Annual Gorgerail slidesho... (more)