A perfect morning to start the vacation: Standing at the Alviso Sound near San José, having absolutely no wind and therefore a perfect mirror image and then a unexpected (waited there for some sc... (more)
A clean UP 9031 (SD70AH) pulls a freight through the east portal of the Hermosa Tunnels on its way to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
UP 8991 leads a Southbound Ballast Train through Blossom Hill bound for Hollister, CA.
UP 8900 leads a colorful consist is it approaches the crew change point just outside of Hearne Texas.
A Union Pacific officer special hustles through Parachute on its way to Grand Junction
A westbound coal load snakes its way through Byers Canyon in Hot Sulphur Springs.
UP 8961 has finally got its feet dry on solid land at Lakeside, Utah. The past 32 miles from Little Mountain have been “at sea” crossing the Great Salt Lake. Except for 3 miles of dry land at ... (more)
A Union Pacific Grand Junction - Denver,CO manifest emerges from tunnel 5 on its descent through the heart of the famed D&RGW Tunnel District in the midst of a heavy snow storm on April 10th, 2019... (more)
The morning of June 27th an officer's special for the Union Pacific traveled from Las Vegas, NV through California on its way east to Council Bluffs, IA. I took advantage of a day off and start... (more)
Clinging to the flanks of Eldorado Mountain and turning thru the 10 degree curve inside Tunnel 16... This westbound Union Pacific manifest heavy in frack sand blasts out of #16 as it continues int... (more)
The "Spirit of the Union Pacific" passes by the old Peavey Elevator at the Henderson Station River Access & Park on the UP Mankato Sub.
UP 1943 "Spirit of the Union Pacific" leads an inspection train in Mankato, Minnesota.
UP Manifest passes through Mormon Rocks on a comfortable evening in Cajon Pass.
A UP mixed train rolls upgrade through Tehachapi Loop on a beautiful day in the mountains just north of Mojave California.
