Northbound UP empty works towards a mine on the PRB. The train is north of Bill and about to top the Logan Hill. Not much to see out here except a few pronghorns, hills, and a couple windmills wi... (more)

This is a fun little prop along highway 30 at Clarence. A westbound land barge freight slowly making their way west on the Clinton Sub. Clarence is located about 45 miles west of Clinton.

We unfortunately heard this guy coming alittle late to do much with him. The UP Marysville Sub runs along the Little Blue River in an area that is no man's land west of Hanover near the Nebraska/K... (more)

A land barge UP freight crosses over at Bertram on the UP Clinton Sub. The train is 76 miles from the next crew change point at Clinton, IA.

The area around Fort Madison offers alot of neat things to shoot from the ground and air. The Chillicothe Sub takes off from the BNSF depot and runs along the Mississippi River for a few miles bef... (more)

A 1x1 empty coal train climbs into Luzerne on the Clinton Sub nearing sunset. The train is working west towards the next crew change point at Boone, IA, 90 miles west.

Looks like the UP plans for a new bridge continue to move along. The plans for the UP to replace this 1907 bridge across the Mississippi River with a fixed high level bridge. Not sure where plans ... (more)

UP 6359 & UP 6415 leads a loaded coal train south near Columbia on former Missouri Pacific's now Union Pacific's Chester Sub. First I've ever seen from one of these units, UP 6359 had oscillating ... (more)

A westbound Potash empty skirts South Boulder Creek. The head-end is exiting the canyon on a tight 10 degree curve, while the cars east of Tunnel 29 round a 12 degree horseshoe. All these curves c... (more)

Southbound freight works down the Spineline towards Nevada and onto Des Moines. The CNW 8701 was to end up as the UP 9805 with the UP merger, but somehow this unit and the 8646 have stayed CNW int... (more)

After the UP swallowed up the CNW and SP the consists started getting pretty wild towards the end of the 90's. An eastbound freight on the Clinton Sub is sporting alot of merger stuff as they pass... (more)

Back in 1996 the UP was about a year into the CNW acquisition. The mainline thru Iowa still seen numerous trains with CNW power at the helm. Here an eastbound APL stacker blast left handed running... (more)

For awhile the UP had the 3 Rio Grande GP60's running together on the Denver to Pueblo trains over the Joint Line. Here the trio make their way south towards Pueblo somewhere north of Palmer Lake.... (more)

UP 3897 leads a southbound rack train over the Big Muddy River near Wolf Lake, Illinois on UP's Chester Subdivision. Locomotives: UP 3897 & 5369

UP 7994 leads a southbound stacktrain under a Missouri Pacific style signal bridge near McClure, Illinois on UP's Chester Subdivision. Locomotives: UP 7994 & UP 8508