A northbound manifest passes through south Austin

UP 6824 leads a westbound manifest

With the golden evening sun cascading over the freshly fallen snow, NS 179 rolls into the curve at the south end of Lexington Yard behind a pair of clean foreign power

Just after sunrise Union Pacific 6824 7169 are nearing CV Spur where they will load at the Savage load-out in Wellington, Utah. This train is also using three mid train DPU's.

After going into emergency for no apparent reason, and then having the crew go dead on hours, this train of empty coal cars finally makes the turn through Valley Junction from the UP Chester Sub o... (more)

The helpers have cut off at Colton and three AC44's are accelerating hard, heading for the summit.

The conductor of this loaded UP coal train jumps off to throw a hand switch leading to a power plant just south of Peoria.

A shot from the Powder River Basin.