Eastbound leaving Tolland After meeting Amtrak No. 5 at Tolland, Colorado, an eastbound Union Pacific coal train sweeps through the big curve and over Boulder Creek on the morning of Oc... (more)
A photogragher gets his shot.....
Action at Grand Junction Union Pacific’s Rio Grande Heritage locomotive No. 1989 is on the point of a Operation Lifesaver passenger special at Grand Junction, Colorado, and is getting... (more)
UP units 6378, 6469, 6304, 5886, 6379, 5901, 6601 lead an empty coal train around the S-curve at Blue Mountain Rd. This was a snowy scene just a few weeks ago, but on this day the sun was shining ... (more)
After a heavy rain the coast's primer frieght train "the oilcans" appears almost as they did before the elements rusted them brown. The Espee maybe be gone, but Southern Pacific can still be seen ... (more)
A six pack of UP power including a couple of patched SPs pulling a manifest westerly on a summer-like November morning on the Lordsburg Sub.
SP lives on the Coastline
SP Lives! Well, sort of. A former Southern Pacific rebuilt SD40 (ex-SP 7336) leads Q300 east on the Lehigh Line. The sun held out for this train as it became mostly cloudy soon after on ... (more)
Sixth time's a charm. After failing 5 times to catch a former Cotton Belt GP60 leading the local to Pacific, MO, in good light, I finally got the shot I was looking for in downtown St. Loui... (more)
A pair of patched SP AC44000CW's looks right at home rolling through Techachapi.
A colorful UP train heads south at Granite City.
Luck was on my side. West of town, westbound and eastbound coal trains meet on the busy UP line. Both trains had SP painted DPU's and they met perfectly.
The TPW is seen here making a run around move at the TPW - ADM transfer yard in the late evening sun.
An empty coal train waits at Wolf Road for a fresh crew to come and wye the power before heading over the ATC territory west of Park (Elmhurst).
