After a long while not running on weekends, UP's Cabazon rock train makes a Saturday AM appearance between El Casco and Hinda.

UP 8138 & 8180 westbound with grain hoppers on UP's Columbus Subdivision.

A super hot Z train that has been racing along the Salton Sea begins to brake and slow here as it sees the approach signal ahead. Z train or not, it would get stabbed by a rail inspector's hi-rail... (more)

Climbing out of the Antelope Valley a westbound manifest works up Ansel Hill, the 1.3% climb out of the High Desert to Ansel foreshadows the major climb to come for the Roseville bound train upon ... (more)

UP 8138 North exits tunnel 2 as it continues its downward run towards Bakersfield.

On a line where the vast majority of trains are lead by GE AC4400's, it was nice to get a "9043MAC".

UP 8138 leads a westbound manifest. UP 8078 is pushing on the rear in DPU mode.

Salt Flat Sunrise- There is nothing like a sunrise in the desert, here a WB UP coal train on the former WP rolls across the Bonneville Salt Flats at dawn, breaking the funeral silence of the great... (more)

A pair of EMD SD9043MACs haul 105 cars of Savage coal up Price River Canyon at Castle Gate monument. This iconic sandstone 'gate' was utilized extensively by the D&RGW in early advertising campaig... (more)

Heading towards Denver after cresting the continental divide. What a sight.

At North Main and D Streets, a loaded UP coal train begins the 24 mile climb up Price River Canyon to Soldier Summit. The coal load has a 3 unit manned helper cut in 66 cars behind the head end po... (more)

The entire train can be seen as I look down on Big Ten Curve.

You can see the elevation this train has come down as the lead locomotives pass by the last cars of the train still on the mountain side.

UP 8138 heads down the mountain towards Denver, CO after going through the Rockies via the Moffat Tunnel. Imagine living in the house on the top of the hill with the Rockies in view in the distanc... (more)