Helpers shove on the rear of a long MWCEW manifest as they wind through San Timoteo Canyon on the climb to Beaumont.

Early morning at Apex found this westbound UP manifest heading down into Las Vegas.

A westbound Union Pacific freight led by EMD SD9043MAC No. 8116 curves beneath the colorful cliffs between Emory and Baskin, Utah, on UP’s Evanston Subdivision on March 18, 2009.

Eastbound Mixed Manifest, lead by ES44AC No. 8116, rolls through Downtown Colfax on a quiet Tuesday morning. It has several thousand more feet to climb before it reaches the Summit at Norden.

Early morning at Redlands in San Timoteo Canyon finds an eastbound UP intermodal train greeting the rising sun as it begins its trip across the Yuma Subdivision.

Just after sunrise, UP 8116 passes through Redlands leading this eastbound ILXMN.

UP's Portland to Roseville Q seen from up on the bluffs as it approaches Klamath Falls.

A UP grain train crawls past Saint Paul Union Depot. The depot last saw passenger train service in 1971, but will soon see new life. The new platform and loading tracks are installed, but not yet... (more)

Here's one for the EMD SD9043MAC fans! Four on the point with the UP 8116, UP 8017, UP 5387, UP 8250 and UP 8028. A fifth SD9043MAC was shoving on the rear of the train as it curves east through G... (more)

A crew member stands off to the side of UP 8116 as UP 5493 rolls East while the crow heads North. The crow may be high enough to watch the sun rise over the horizon but I'm not.

Pace shot of UP 8116 as it blows thru a green signal heading West.

I don't remember the exact date but the derailment happened on the weekend that Princess Diana died