At dawn, the sound of throttling GEs and loaded tankers starting their eastbound climb out of the valley cuts through the frigid morning silence.

UP 8024, 5229, & 7714 lead an eastbound manifest.

Big MACs in Bootlegger
Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC Nos. 8024 and 8241 power the Potash local down UP’s incredibly scenic former Rio Grande Cane Creek Subdivision at milepost 30 in Boot... (more)

UP 8024 leads a 210 car, 13227ft, 14889tn and 858 axle QPRNPV past the C&NW style search lights at Cortland.

Westbound manifest moving slowly through the "S" curve at Jean

The friendly faces of Union Pacific. Another successful in the books for this crew who took the hot ZG2LT (priority Z train) from Sparks to Roseville. Waiting nearby is a fresh crew who wil... (more)

Union Pacific 8024 and a hot shot Z train rumble through the forests of the Sierra Nevada Mountains as they pass through Gold Run, California along the Donner Pass Route.

After a quick crew change, this hot shot ZG2LT highballs the Roseville J.R. Davis Yard and heads for Lathrop. Some thin, low lying clouds are starting to engulf the foothills just east of Rosevill... (more)

On a brisk November afternoon, Union Pacific 8024 leads the hot ZG2LT down Donner Pass and through the famous Bloomers Cut located in Auburn, California.

UP 8024 leads the RVUVU down Soledad Canyon as it passes through Acton.

One of UP's newest ES44AC's leads the Vulcon to Sun Valley rock train as it works up Vincent Grade on the ex SP Saugus Line as it nears the top of the grade at CP Crest on Metrolink's Valley Subdi... (more)

Union Pacific's Roper, UT to North Platte, NE manifest meets an inbound UTA FrontRonner commute at 4th North street in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Sliding through Altoona Yard at reduced speed, the windmill parts train continues south.

UP 8024, 2270, & 9108 westbound.

Five "Fast Forties" lead a Union Pacific westbound through the Mojave River Narrows in Victorville on December 28, 1980. UP SD40-2 8024 is the former 3264.