CSXT 7880 Rides the Moffat West at Crescent displays a unique power assignment UP 7696 (RG), UP 8943, CSXT 7880 (DG), UP 7379, UP 5883, UP 6584.
Storm clouds are moving in as UP 7696 (AC45CCTE) leads a CSX motor and a freight through Crescent, Colorado as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
UP 7696 (AC45CCTE) holds for a green signal to proceed across the Belt Line in Denver to the Greeley Sub.
UP 7696 (AC45CCTE) waits for a crew which will then take the loaded coal train east of Denver, Colorado.
A DPU shoves on the rear of a westbound manifest in Echo Canyon.
An Eastbound Union Pacific intermodal is seen pulling up the steep grade Donner Pass through the snowsheds at Norden. This is a legendary location on the former Southern Pacific. The searchlight s... (more)
An Eastbound Union Pacific Z train is seen rounding the curves in Casa Loma above the American River Canyon. The smoke is thick in the air from the ongoing wildfires in the area, including the Dix... (more)
An Eastbound intermodal train is seen passing Gold Run on the way up to Donner Pass. The smoke from the Dixie Fire was thick causing the air to be hazy.
Colfax, California is a railroad town to the core, a legendary town first serviced by the Central Pacific Railroad and later the Southern Pacific. The railroad was also the southern terminus of th... (more)
Union Pacific power takes CSX manifest Q351 through LaGrange, Ohio
In evening light, UP 7696 picks up speed westbound, nearing Meredith.
Wild flowers enjoy a cool breeze off the Great Salt Lake as Union Pacific's MNPWC (North Platte, NE - West Colton, CA) manifest arrives at Lake Point, Utah.