Valley Park, MN to North Platte, NE symbol MVPNP-2 is departing Fremont, NE on a spring afternoon. Behind the then familiar SD40-2 is one of the ill-fated SD9043AC units.

Gone are the days of the dirt train with 3 or 4 Rio Grande tunnel motors. It is though still a haven for locomotives that past their prime fighting to stay on the Union Pacific roster. Today's tra... (more)

Some old warriors still earning their keep on the contaminated dirt train. A SD40-2 and 2 SD60M's out in Utah's east desert.

Ah...Yes! A pair of original UP EMD SD40-2's look and sound terrific in the year 2011. It's just another morning for the outbound LUL57 local, squealing around the Barry Curve with 17 cars for cus... (more)

Ahhh...Doesn't a pair of EMD SD40-2's look and sound terrific in the year 2011? It's just another busy workday morning for the outbound LUL57 local, gliding downgrade along the Sharp Sub at Rocky ... (more)

Union Pacific's LUL57 local has begun it's day of work along UP's Sharp Subdivision in Central Utah. Today's stops will include Longview Fiber in Spanish Fork, grain for the team track at Juab, an... (more)

Ahhh...Doesn't a pair of EMD SD40-2's look and sound terrific in the year 2011? It's just another busy workday morning for the outbound LUL57 local squealing around the photogenic Barry Curve on U... (more)

Union Pacific's LUL57 local rambles west by the Little Red Store at Berry Farms within the small Juab County community of Rocky Ridge. This tiny store offers classes on self sufficiency and has a ... (more)

Union Pacific's LUL57 local has topped the summit at York and transitions into dynamic braking on the approach to CP C723, Starr.

Ahhh...Doesn't a pair of EMD SD40-2's look and sound terrific in 2011? It's just another morning for the outbound LUL57 local squealing around the Barry Curve with 17 cars for customers along UP's... (more)

Only a mile or two out of Bear River Gorge, Union Pacific's LCG43-26 job rolls along the Ogden Subdivision near South Wheelon, Utah. Today's local has plenty of power having picked up one empty at... (more)

Union Pacific's LCG43-26 job switches the south end of the small yard at Brigham City, Utah. This northern Utah area has evolved to become the last bastion of UP SD40-2's along the Wasatch Front.

Power for Union Pacific's LCG43 local creeps along the old depot house track at Brigham City, Utah. The iconic stone depot was built by the Oregon Short Line Railroad (a UP subsidiary) back in 190... (more)

Union Pacific's Cache Junction Turn works the south end of the small yard at Brigham City, Utah. The classic stone depot was built by the Oregon Short Line Railroad (a UP subsidiary) back in 1906.... (more)

Power for Union Pacific's LCG43 local creeps along the old depot house track at Brigham City, Utah. The iconic stone depot was built by the Oregon Short Line Railroad (a UP subsidiary) back in 190... (more)