Forty Years Ago at UP's East Yard

For as long as I can remember (which, for the record, is back to about 1968 in regard to the Union Pacific Railroad), the UP has been the... (more)

Western Pacific’s hottest train, the Ford Fast, has just left the D&RGW Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. It is now only a mile or so west of Grant Tower and about to gain home rails at WP-UP Jct. S... (more)

Western Pacific's "Ford Fast" train is headed west fast at Marblehead, Utah. This train of auto parts and new autos was delivered to the WP in Salt Lake City by the D&RGW. The D&RGW received it in... (more)

The folks in Omaha have decided that the Feather River Route calls for C-C power, so nearly new GP40-2 3556 finds itself demoted to local service on a branchline in Kansas. A few miles from its p... (more)

After UP took over WP, which had a diesel fleet of four-axle units, Omaha began operating the Feather River Route with the C-C units of that era - SD40s and Dash-2s and U30Cs and C30-7s. WP's B-B... (more)

WP's unit steel train westbound in Feather River Canyon approaching Rock Creek trestle

WP's westbound unit steel train USSW (United States Steel West) swings off the combination rail highway bridge over the south fork of the Feather River just north of James CA