EMD units head westbound train near James Ca.

A Union Pacific coal train passes through Little Gore Canyon between Radium and Azure, Colorado, on August 3, 2014. UP EMD SD70ACe No. 8509 does the honors as lone rear DPU on the eastbound train.

The 6000HP SD90MACs had a short career. Perhaps the most challenging was at the end of their lives battling the Tehachapi Mountains. On this April morning two of these beasts lift a heavy lumber... (more)

Eastbound speeding towards McPherson.

“You wouldn’t like trains if you worked for the railroad” the engineer of this north bound informed me when I was taking photos. The northbound here was waiting for a southbound to clear of... (more)