One of Union Pacific’s new autoracks is freshly-painted Armour yellow and sits inside the railroad’s car shop at De Soto, Missouri, on September 28, 2011. ETTX No. 715005 will now get its roof... (more)

Two painters at Union Pacific’s De Soto car shop in Missouri put the finishing touches on newly-built autorack ETTX No. 715001 as they add UP logos and other lettering to the cars on September 2... (more)

Two workers in Union Pacific’s De Soto, Missouri, car shop break down a freight car truck to individual components for rebuilding on September 29, 2011. Here they have finished separating the si... (more)

TTX’s unique logo has been recently applied to a freshly-repainted Union Pacific autorack at the De Soto car shop in Missouri on September 29, 2011.

A Union Pacific autorack gets painted Armour yellow at the railroad’s car shop at De Soto, Missouri, on September 28, 2011.

A welder inside Union Pacific’s De Soto, Missouri, car shop repairs a freight car truck side frame on September 28, 2011. Even through a welders mask, there’s a slight resemblance to a famous ... (more)

A overhauled Union Pacific autorack is in the middle of the painting process inside the paint shop at UP’s De Soto car shop in Missouri on September 28, 2011. The car has been sandblasted down t... (more)

Freshly-minted grabirons, still glowing hot after being formed to shape by blacksmith David Ragsdale, rest on a nearby cooling rack inside Union Pacific’s car shop at Desoto, Missouri, on Septem... (more)

Inside Union Pacific’s car shop at De Soto, Missouri, on September 29, 2011, blacksmith David Ragsdale shapes the end of a grabiron moments after removing it out of the electric furnace seen in ... (more)

Chicago & North Western covered hopper No. 490304 is in the middle of an overhaul at Union Pacific’s De Soto car shop in Missouri on September 28, 2011.

Two workers at Union Pacific’s car shop in De Soto, Missouri, are almost finished sandblasting Chicago & North Western covered hopper No. 490561 prior to a new paint job on September 28, 2011.

At Union Pacific’s car shop in De Soto, Missouri, a welder repairs a freight car part in a fury of molten metal and flying sparks on the evening of September 28, 2011.

A crew from the paint shop at Union Pacific’s De Soto car shop in Missouri put the finishing touches on the paint and lettering of newly-constructed UP/ETTX autorack No. 715001 on September 29, ... (more)

Workers in Union Pacific’s De Soto, Missouri, car shop break down a freight car truck to individual components for rebuilding on September 29, 2011. Here they are removing the springs before sep... (more)

On September 28, 2011, Union Pacific autorack No. ETTX No. 801625 is being rebuilt at the railroad’s car shop at De Soto, Missouri. Here, after the car has been painted and lettered, a crew fini... (more)