UP 3019 Leads a 3 unit Intermodal (2 DPUs mid) Eastbound at sunset. Here they roll through farmland East of downtown Belle Plaine IA

Profile in Technology. Working outside of their usual territory, two Union Pacific Tier 4 units--SD70AH to UP, SD70ACe-T4 for most other lines--lead the daily intermodal train from Atlanta... (more)

Modern Visitors. In a unique lashups, two Union Pacific Tier 4 SD70s lead an intermodal through Columbia on the way to the port in Charleston, SC. I understand that these two T4 units arri... (more)

After spending most of the afternoon at Debutts Yard doubling its train. The afternoon light was getting better as NS 109 (Chattanooga,TN-Birmingham,AL) south through the quiet community of New En... (more)

A very late NS 175 (Chattanooga,TN-Jackson,FL/FEC) is making its way south through the quiet community of Apison, TN on the NS Atlanta North-End. I’ve seen my fair share of odd things on the rai... (more)

A Tier 4 EMD leads Q582 up the Western & Atlantic RR Mainline.

A pair of EMDX SD70's lead 420 under the twilight of the night sky sitting tight for a couple of Northbounds. Photo not to be used with permission, I'm looking at you, William.

American River, American Flag. Union Pacific Railroad 3092 (SD70AH-T4) is a relatively new addition to the Union Pacific Railroad fleet, a recent product of Progress Rail/EMD. On Sunday, July 26, ... (more)

Daily NS Freight Train 340 (Meridian, MS - Irondale, AL) heads North to Irondale after doing some switching at the NS yard in McCalla.

Rebuild leader(8906) and mid train DPU(8901) on Q403.

On a late July evening in Northern California, Union Pacific 3002 drags an 814' rock train through the Feather River Canyon at Pulga. The fifteen hopper cars were loaded with ballast just twenty m... (more)

40 years separating them, two generations of EMD road power drift through the cut at Pine Ridge, WY with westbound tonnage pushing on the drawbar.

With a pair of EMD SD70 variants leading the charge Union Pacific's eastbound 'salad shooter' has nearly achieved the top of Archer Hill, east of Cheyenne, as it hurries towards its east coast con... (more)

With historic 'old town' Laramie in the background, eastbound grain empties hustle through town on two track. On the point is a fresh UP 3078 EMD's tier-IV compliant version of the SD70AH.

With the morning sun having just begun to climb above the horizon an eastbound double stack train drops down Sherman Hill at Granite, WY. The headend, led by EMD SD70AH-T4 3047, is passing one of ... (more)