After holding just west of this location for nearly 2 hours because of traffic coming westbound and a MOW crew working, NS train 066, the Union Pacific OCS, is back underway eastbound behind UP's ... (more)

The UP OCS bound for West Point passes the soon to be retired PRR signal bridge under ominous skies.

Climbing the grade east out of Rock River, WY an eastbound hotshot, behind a solid set of EMD power, hustles around the big curve at Pine Ridge.

As the sun gets low, UP 1943 leads NS 066 through Ravenna, OH as the train tilts around a curve. The train made great time between Altoona and Conway making for nice evening light east of Clevelan... (more)

UP 1943 leading a 20 car passenger special through the curves of Cable on UP’s Mojave Subdivision.

Since everyone is posting photos of 1943 on the East side I wanted to share my photo of a 20 car special on Tehachapi Pass. Here is when we first caught it entering Tunnel 2 between Caliente and B... (more)

After a re-crew at Conway, the UP 1943 and the rest of its train head west through Rochester, back towards its home rails.

"If They Only Knew"

Ole Glory blows in the wind as the "Spirit of the Union Pacific" rounds the curve along the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway.

The Spirit of Union Pacific leads NS 066 west by the former Reading Company Swatara station near Hershey.

A 'stubborn' Local (who refused to join the gathered photo line) photographs the OCS special as it heads north for Moodna Viaduct and Campbell Hall out of Harriman Station on a cool and cloudy S... (more)

Photographed and chased by hundreds of railfans on a cool cloudy Sunday, the UP OCS approaches Harriman NY through Arden with 9 passenger cars where it will board the Harriman Family at Harriman ... (more)

A real treat graces the railfan community on the last day of May as the UP Office Car Special making a special run to West Point Academy for the US Marine Corps graduation.

"Charging West"

Greeted by about 30-40 people standing trackside, the NS 066 heads westbound by the park and ride in Rutherford, NJ on the Bergen County Line.

"The Spirit Visits WC"