The TR02 relief yard job builds an outbound KLBG3 with C&NW Heritage 1995 at the helm for the train's cross country trip to Rochelle, Illinois.

NS 1072 the Illinois Terminal Heritage unit makes its first trip ever out to California leading the UP KAILCX-18

Now I remember why I put on so many layers I can barely move and go out on bitterly cold days. Occasionally I get lucky.

Once part of the historical collection in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Union Pacific EMD SW10 No. 96 notches it up while switching some passenger cars on October 9, 2008. UP No. 96 started life in 1950 as a... (more)

Recently delivered, UP 96 awaits the next president on Election day 2016.

The largest steam locomotive on the East Coast: Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4017 at Steamtown.

UP "Big Boy" 4006 sits on display at the Museum of Transportation.

The conductor improvises a makeshift torch, leading the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Torch Relay Unit towards Atlanta, the home of the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Union Pacific SD40-2s 1896 and 1996, painted to celebrate the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia, lead a priority intermodal train out of Salt Lake City on Aug. 2, 1996.

UP 1982 pushes on the rear of the Global 3 to Oakland stack train. West of Maxwell, Highway 30 goes over the tracks from the north side to the south side, making chasing a little easier, and on th... (more)

Reagan Recession Storage

A downturn in the economy in the early 1980s caused the Union Pacific to store power that was deemed surplus in late 1981. Much of it was stored in the warm... (more)

Prior to the move of UP's Big Boy steam locomotive #4014 from its home in Pomona, California, the Rail Giants Museum put on a night time photo shoot with help from Steve Crise. There were about tw... (more)

UP 1996 leads a Z-train on the Union Pacific Geneva Sub westbound out of Franklin Grove, IL.

Steam makes a pretty good smoke screen in the winter time making for poor visibility. 4020 is almost completely engulfed in steam as smoke exhaust rises very high.