Before heading home on Amtrak, i was able to catch a shot of UP helper power at the SLO depot. It looks like the usual SD60M power has been upgraded to SD70Ms, with a recently repainted UP 5179, b... (more)
A 4 pack of SD70's, 5179, 3907, 4453, and 4785, lead this hotshot Z-train westbound. Here the train blast close to 70 mph thru small town of Norway near MP 99, around 13 miles west of Cedar Rapids... (more)
Further on up the grade near El Casco, this Eastbound has slowed down due to a slow moving auto train ahead. Over the past month, there has been quite a bit of variety on UP trains in the Los Ange... (more)
A Dallas bound manifest with a couple of CSX units pulls the grade through Redlands as it enters San Timoteo Canyon and its journey up Beaumont Hill.
With dramatic storm clouds to the east, Union Pacific's daily Denver-Salt Lake freight ascends 7477 ft. Soldier Summit.
In golden late evening light, UP's daily MNYRO (Denver-Salt Lake City) drifts down Riverton hill with six engines and 54 cars.
