Former Speed Lettered UP 1124 switches the Kraft/Nabisco factory in North East Portland.
UP 1124 leads the Kenton local past one of the many stripped and burnt cars which litter North Portland.
Long since removed from its original fast freight and intermodal duties, yet still on home rails, 1124 leads the LIA43 local solo over the Molalla River bridge into Canby, where after running arou... (more)
1124 on home rails, through the irises at Perkins road.
Led by 1124, YBA55 crosses the Peninsula Junction diamonds, surrounded by dystopian-looking torn up code lines probably left in their current state in order to allow double stack clearance.
A tastefully patched espee GP60 leads YBA55 back west to home in golden light.
Celebrity geep UP 1124 passes a WB Canadian grain and someones unfortunate automobile mistake. Just another day in North Portland.
Looking sharp with a freshly painted (or new) snowplow, UP 1124 goes about its switching duties under the golden hour sunlight.
Former SP 9721 still looks pretty good for being 29 years old. The motor has been a classic fixture around the PNW, roaming between Seattle and Eugene and working many local jobs.
Local celebrity UP 1124 still retains a good coat of SP paint with the addition of classic SP road grime on the nose. The locomotive has bounced back to the Barnes Yard assignment and switches ind... (more)
A personal favorite, bloody nose 1124 with SP lettering rolls east as fall has peaked for Portland.
UP 1124 and three other siblings sit on the Albina power track.
Celebrity UP 1124 works out of Barnes Yard in Rivergate on a sunny December morning.
UP 1124 switches the Kenton Line in front of the Nabisco factory.
UP 1124 moves down the Kenton Line after waiting for a Canadian grain train.