Hail Storm and Sunshine - After heavy wind , rain and hail moved East through the area , the sun popped out in time for this Westbound, UP led Intermodal in Deshler Ohio

Remnant Color. The daily 242 passes through the Ditch in Columbia, SC, led by foreign power through some remaining fall colors.

Coal empties fly across the Utah desert having just highballed the east siding switch at Whitehouse on their way east to Grand Junction. Just 20 minutes after sunrise, the low sun is casting intri... (more)

A long eastbound train climbs the grade near Shawmut, AZ as the golden Arizona sunset reflects heavily against the yellow UP engines.

Snow covers the high peaks of the mountains that flank Cajon Pass in Southern California. A Union Pacific Auto Rack climbing towards the Summit on the Union Pacific Palmdale Cutoff dramatizes the... (more)

UP 8035 leads a freight train on mostly empty sand hoppers east near Elk Mound, WI on its run from the Twin Cities to Altoona, WI. Snow is disappearing exposing the thick layer of "pink lady&... (more)

In the morning light, an eastbound rolls into Vegas seen at Sloan.

A DPU brings up the rear of a manifest arriving at Arden in Las Vegas. Arden's Cactus Rd Overpass is a great and safe place to stake out the UP in the hit or miss train environment of Vegas.

Rerouted UP Northbound Manifest passes through Tchula, Ms. This train is running as CN F401 along with a few more reroutes in store.

Rerouted UP Northbound Manifest passes through Thornton, Ms. This train is running as CN F401 along with a few more reroutes in store.

The NS local A02 has UP road power on this day to service the AOC Tennessee Plant in Piperton. The crew has put their train back together on the main. A02's next move is to head west to NS Harris ... (more)

UP looks its best on its original home turf. Here UP 5846 makes good time heading a manifest freight west from North Platte running straight as an arrow along rows of corn and power poles at signa... (more)

NS train 393 stops on the "2 scales" track by the sewage plant to await the arrival of Amtrak 20 before highballing down the NO&NE towards New Orleans. I have to admit, UP Armour Yellow ... (more)