UP 8311 departing Grand Island with a westbound manifest.

Here's something you don't see every day....an active roster bay window caboose. This was spotted in the UP's North Yard in Denver, perhaps ready to run a crew if needed up into the mountains if ... (more)

An EMD duo leads a westbound auto rack train by the Dozier signals just east of Pacific, MO. A jokester has modified the UP logo on the lead unit’s nose to read ‘Onion Pacific.’

A slightly late running LOF67 takes its turn at the single track and tunnel territory of Chats Rocks as it brings some old helium cars on flat cars up to Vandenberg.

A couple extra units sit on the helper spur as the sun begins to set in San Luis Obispo. The two SD70Ms brought the baretables you see to SLO for storage. The units in this shot are UP 8311, 8380,... (more)

A pair of SD70ACe's leads a decent sized Guadalupe Hauler north through Simi Valley.

UP 8311 leads a westbound stack train through Grand Island.

I didn't realize the lead unit was an SD70Ace until I got back to the office. This train hit a trailer or something. You can see a long white object under the snowplow curving around to the conduc... (more)