UP 8053 leads a mixed manifest off the former MoPac line, bending south at Valley Junction.
UP 8053 heads down Cajon Pass in the Mormon Rocks area.
UP 8053 and two other "fast forty" mates plus a trio of run-thru SP units head an OVE (Overland East manifest) through Hermosa, WY. The 8000 series SD40s were geared for 80mph and usuall... (more)
A dramatic storm system invades Salt Lake City just as the MWCNP pulls into North Yard for a crew change.
I believe the Cima Sub is the only mainline along which you can find the Joshua Tree in its natural habitat. The only other possible candidate would be the BNSF Transcon.
In an odd assignment for a "fast forty" and a DD40X the 8053 and 6936 work a 75 car westbound grain job at North Platte at 3:55PM.
Two UP SD9043MAC's numbered UP 8053 & 8037 lead empty UP family hoppers westbound past the bridge construction site at Tiffin St., as they head back for the UP in Chicago, trying to outrun the sto... (more)
Having arrived off of the CSX Porter Branch with their westbound coal freight, twin UP 9043s 8053 and 8031 await clearance to proceed through IHB's Gibson Junction.
