An eastbound intermodal train blasts smoke into the air as it gets under way after waiting for a westbound train to pass in Laramie, WY on March 29, 2015.
Who else but Union Pacific could routinely muster 15,750-hp on the head end, and do it with only three units? On March 19, 1966, 8,500-hp turbine 19, a 2250-hp GP30, and a 5,000-hp DD35B are past... (more)
Union Pacific’s 10 SDP35s were originally ordered to replace aging E-units in passenger service, and they did, briefly. But by March 19, 1966, just six months after delivery, the 2500-hp units c... (more)
Wyoming’s ever-present wind drags Union Pacific 28’s exhaust across the prairie east of Laramie as the 8500-hp turbine single-handedly muscles a drag up the approach to Sherman Hill, March 19,... (more)