UP DD35A 84 and a pair of SD24Bs make a move to attach to a southbound freight at Argo Yard, Seattle on a rainy August day that looks more like November. This was Family Days weekend and a small l... (more)

A westbound mixed freight has drawn the beast of UP motive power today, along with some friends. These magnificent examples of EMD's prowess were never preserved.

Union Pacific DD35A 70 is teamed with an SD40-2 and two SD40s to bring a freight into Los Angeles. (Pomona, California – July 20, 1975)

From the early days of my dad's railfanning. DD35A 82, DD35B 76B ,and a GP35 are heading eastbound up Weber Canyon. Tom Ellis photo.

UP 71 waits at Cajon Summit as the eastbound Amtrak Pacific Railroad Society Mountain Outin Special passes. Trains were backed up in both directions in order to let us pass through Summit. It ma... (more)

A nice A-B-B-A set of DD35's were waiting for their next assignment at UP's East Los Angeles facility.

Union Pacific A-B-B set (15,000hp) EMD DD35A 79 and two DD35B's 76B and 88B at Salt Lake City, Utah.

In the late 1970's Union Pacific has side-lined its fleet of DD35A and B-units. Based on operating expenses, units began phasing out in the late 1970's with the B-units being hit hardest. UP 71 ha... (more)

This double-diesel was only two years into it's service life when John captured it at Council Bluffs in the summer of 1967. It's B-mate sits behind--Four motors, two bodies, one cab. For a closer ... (more)

One of UP's DD35 at Los Angeles. To develop a more powerful locomotive, EMD put two GP35's on a single frame to create a locomotive that develops 5000 horsepower.

UP’s KCLA – Kansas City-Los Angeles manifest – was short-lived attempt by the railroad to avoid the congestion of its transcontinental main across Nebraska by running a daily Kansas City- Lo... (more)

In the mid -1960s, the Union Pacific’s Nebraska mainline suddenly blossomed with run-through power from almost a dozen different railroads. On October 2, 1966, for example, UP DD35A 80 leads a q... (more)

UP DD35A No. 70 was a 5000 hp behemoth that helped make railfanning UP a unique experience in the 60s and 70s. The unit is on the head end of an eastbound freight that has just climbed over the Bl... (more)

A day late for Christmas but on December 26,1965 Extra 72 West is still a surprise gift to the photographer, a rare 15,000-hp DD35A/GP30/GP30B/DD35 combination, as it pops out from under the C&S o... (more)

Westbound UP train Spadra