Slowing for morning switching at Ayer this set will then head north and return back through again that evening.

UPRR 5043 is leading the Rocky Mountaineer as it heads up the Moffat Tunnel Sub at tunnel 1

UP 3793 (SD70M) leads the morning rock train from a quarry west of Canyon City to Pueblo.

EMDX 7021 leads a westbound freight around the horseshoe curve at Caliente.

SP 9810 leads and westbound manifest between Goleta and Santa Barbara.

The Rocky Mountaineer tour train curves eastbound along the Colorado River Road west of Bond, Colorado, on November 16, 2021.

Random chance lead me to catching this special move on the UP. SD70M number 3968 leads a brand new set of Stadtler EMU's bound for Caltrain in the Bay area. Looking very much out of place on the A... (more)

I happened to be in Moab, UT when a friend reminded me that the once a week UP potash local runs on a Friday, wait thats today! All of my previous plans for the day were now pushed to the side as ... (more)

LSRC 6432 terminates its train at S Novi to head back to Flint Michigan.

Early sales of EMD SD70Ms from the 70 Series was slow at first, with a lot of floor space at the builder devoted to erecting A.C. traction SD70MACs. One exception was a small order of 25 SD70Ms fo... (more)

One of the SD70Ms recently aqcuired from UP prepares to head up the yard lead and build their outbound train.

A southbound UP manifest on the Valley Subdivision crosses the nearly mile long bridge over the Sacramento River. This is a "fisheye drone" view, created from 6 images.

UP 3912 (SD70M) gets ready to head into the North Yard and a waiting train.

UP 3883 an SD70M leads a south bound mainifest train across Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Bridge, aka Pit River Bridge. Above the train is the 4 lane Interstate 5, and below, the seemingly e... (more)

Southbound on the Coast Route to the port of Long Beach, Union Pacific IOALBR with SD70M No. 4101 leading, rolls baretables under the highway 1 bridge at Emma Wood State Park at Ventura .