Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 No. 3071 is in the process of being remanufactured into a SD40N at railroad’s capable shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015.

My assumption to hearing the number 5433, with out seeing it, would be that it would be an ugly beast. Not so, at some point UP 5433 has received a nice new paint job. Next is a survivor UP 6367 o... (more)

UP 8911 Leader of a two unit Intermodal rolls West out of the North Baltimore CSX Container facility

UP 3388 SD40-2 snoot leads 3575,3172 and 3023 and the LAWST up the grade near the summit of Cima Hill.

A loaded garbage train crosses the ex-Milwaukee Road bridge over the Green River in Kent, Washington.

UP 6262 (a former Southern Pacific AC4400CW) runs through Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Tunnel Sub and heads towards the shadows of Blue Mountain.

On a rainy overcast day. I was to find one spot were it looked like the sun and train would meet. My plan worked as the INPOA roll across the Western Pacific causeway on the Shafter Subdivision. I... (more)

Light power works the UP North Yard in Denver, Colorado. UP 1507 started life as a GP40 in 1969 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, then was rebuilt as a GP40M-2 and worked for the Southern Paci... (more)

A pair of UP SD40-2s are more than ample for the local west from Altoona, WI to Hudson and back. Led by UP 1932, built as UP 3206 in April 1973, and rebuilt as an SD40N, the power left cars at Nor... (more)

UP 3522 rest in the former WP Stockton Yard facility with many other UP units during the early morning in 1986.

Coal along the Colorado
An eastbound Union Pacific coal train follows the Colorado River toward Red Gorge between Yarmony and Radium, Colorado, on November 1, 2012.

Eastbound Union Pacific ES44AC no. 5253 leads a helper reposition move down the hill through Boca to Sparks Nevada.

Union Pacific 7880 leads an eastbound manifest through some of the many reverse curve in San Timoteo Canyon.

Union Pacific 3926 leads an eastbound doublestack as it nears the summit in Banning Pass.

Crawling down the street in Elizabeth, CSX train E808 has a variety of foreign power. A UP, NS and CP lash up lead this 130 car empty coal train on to be loaded at Bailey Mine and then return to W... (more)