A brilliant summer morning finds the Craig local winding up Oak Creek Canyon as it begins its trek to the lonely outpost of Craig, CO. Back in 2011 I had a keen interest in the former Rio Grande c... (more)

Former SP 367 Accelerates out of San Luis Obispo. This former unit looks pretty good on home rails, considering the nearly 20 years of service and post merger with Union Pacific has done to it.

ATN northbound train Z389 is seen here pulling past the historic Sloss Furnaces in downtown Birmingham, Alabama with ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor 5387 leading and one of two GP50's recently se... (more)

I saw UP 6311 leading the oilcans around Thanksgiving 2013, so it was a treat to this old piece of Southern Pacific leading an empty auto train down the Coastline two years later. The train is acc... (more)

Shortline Motive Power Westbound GEXR Train 431-22 is on the approach to Guelph with a short 4,100 ft but heavy train, leading this assortment of power is GEXR 3054 (SD45T-2), followed by ... (more)

TRC 2005 (former SP 8541) sits in the yard at Searles on the former SP Lone Pine Branch as it awaits to take the second section of a loaded coal train back to Trona.

Union Pacific's CBRLB-12 coal train climbs through the Kyune Gooseneck with a one of a kind lettered AC4400CW in the lead. The unique lettering was added to the conductor's side of the long hood o... (more)

Ex-SP 4364 southbound on the Sweet Home Branch.

Union Pacific 6361 in a one of a kind SP paint out job with Union Pacific spelled out on the side, crests the hill at Cedar Point. This is an empty Oil train heading Westbound towards Denver acr... (more)

The UP Hollister Local lead by a pair of ex-Cotton Belt GP60s has just pulled into its namesake town. Before they work San Benito Foods, the only customer still in Hollister they must do a little... (more)

On a cold morning in Tolland, CO, an patched Southern Pacific AC4400CW leads two more Union Pacific units on the North Yard, CO to Phippsburg, CO manifest. Note the Union Pacific lettering on the ... (more)

Ex-SP 4364 with special move of a transformer.

A pair of Geeps, including a Cotton Belt GP60, await assignments at the south end of Bloomington Yard.