Working hard upgrade, UP 5702 rolls the Salina to Denver manifest train through the east end of Riga siding.

UP 5772 leads another Union Pacific GE unit uphill with an Energy, Colorado bound coal empty.

Getting underway after leaving the siding at Riga, Kansas UP 6590 starts to slow for a 10 MPH slow order ahead.

GMTX 2135 has ran out of fuel leaving HLCX 3856 to do all the work as the duo starts upgrade towards Riga, Kansas. By the time the train reached the upper end of the siding at Riga both engines wo... (more)

UP 7607 leads a Paduach, Kentucky bound coal load past the distant signal for Riga siding and the Riga elevator.

With the Herzog ballast cars set up and ready to dump. UP 5707 heads out on the mainline past East Riga. The train will head to Ellis and dump ballast on the mainline and part of the siding before... (more)

With the Carr, Colorado bound oil train tucked away in the siding at Riga, the UP 3852 leads an eastbound MOW flat train into the darkening Kansas sky.

With a Colby, Kansas bound grain train in tow, UP 9667 leans into a curve as it begins its climb up out of the river valley.

UP 7941 leads a 9,000 ton Manifest from Salina, Kansas to Denver, Colorado upgrade past the Riga, Kansas elevator. Riga is one of the cathedrals on the plains, featuring the UP, the elevator, and ... (more)

UP 6011 snakes downhill off Riga Hill, as it faces 20+ miles of river grade running, before getting back to the hogback terrain of the Sharon Springs Subdivision.

UP 5945 claws uphill at the west end of Riga siding. The train is climbing the 1% grade of Riga Hill and will crest the grade in a little over a mile, as it continues its journey west to Denver, C... (more)

UP 8727 leads an eastbound rail train downgrade after crossing under the Interstate 70 overpass at Ogallah, Kansas. The train is quickly approaching the west end of Riga siding, a super siding bui... (more)

UP 7522 leads another coal empty up towards Riga, a small elevator situated along the Union Pacific KP Line.