On 5 May 2004, UP 4859 is in charge of the IOALBR-4. In this scene the Southbound train has made a short pause at Bakersfield, CA at the UP yard for a crew change.

Railroad photography is always interesting on partly cloudy days since one never knows if the sun will be shining or subdued by a cloud when the train arrives and it's time to press the shutter bu... (more)

Common UP power leads loaded autoracks from Michigan westbound on the Trunk.

Union Pacific's Denver-Salt Lake manifest dances between sun and shadow in the ghost town of Castle Gate. In 2001, the Willow Creek coal mine opened right here. Due to an internal fire, it was sea... (more)

Union Pacific's daily Denver to Salt Lake City manifest heads west through Utah's Price River Canyon. Nine cars behind the power is a flat car loaded with a giant heat exchanger, built in Tulsa, O... (more)

Union Pacific's daily Denver-Salt Lake City manifest heads west through Price River Canyon approaching Kyune, Utah. A three unit manned helper is shoving on the rear of the train.

A westbound UP auto decends Donner Pass and exits Shed 10.

A crew member stretches as a crew change takes place on the ZBRLC at Bakersfield, CA

With the sun below the horizon, IHOYC creeps northward towards Dupo past one of the few trees along this portion of the line. Canon 350D.

During the last light of the day, the IHOYC and its two heritage units skim north with the bluffs and the moon in the background. Canon 350D.

Having just passed through the White River National Wildlife Refuge, the ZYHO 23 rounds the curve into Roe, Arkansas on the Jonesboro Sub with the Heritage units UP 1988 & 1982 in the second and t... (more)

The ZYCHO 23 slowly continues south on the Jonesboro Sub with the Heritage unit UP 1988 & 1982. A major UP meltdown has every siding full and crews dying on time. This "Z" train is close behind th... (more)

With the ZYCHO 23 only moving at 38 miles an hour it's easy to get ahead of it at Brinkley and set up for another shot of the Heritage units UP 1988 & 1982. In the distance is a "heritage" SP cabo... (more)

UP Heritage units 1988 & 1982 are behind lead engine 4859 on the Houston bound ZYCHO 23 as they reach the south end of Fair Oaks siding on the Jonesboro Sub.

UP 4859 and three other units lead a northbound pig train gently down the grade as seen here just before entering Tunnel 1.