En route from Council Bluffs, IA to Spring, TX, UP Train PCBSP2 27 passes 12th Street on the UP KC Metro Sub., leaving town after a crew change at Neff Yard.
The massive 28 car car business ... (more)
UP 2718 leads a second section of the ZLAMQ up grade near El Casco.
A deadline train of SD40M-2's waits to get clearance into Yard Center. These units had long careers with UP and SP, and were used extensively throughout the country on both railroads before finall... (more)
Something old and something new at West Colton Yard. Two older SD40-2's sit side by side with two new SD70ACe's. Funny the SD70ACe's have a RCL unit in it's consist.
A busy morning in the West Colton departure yard. Completion of the tie replacement project is going well on the left. With the addition of a main line in the works this bypass line will temporari... (more)
15,000 horsepower and 45 freight cars are but a speck on the landscape when compared to the vast California Desert surrounding UP's Cima Subdivision. A magical, mystical place.
East bound cement train waiting for a parade of west bounds just west of cima california
Detail of the trucks under UP 2718, which began life as KCS SD40 636.
It's getting harder and harder to find decent ex-SP power... UP SD40M-2 2718 is former SP 8642, ex-MK 636, nee-KCS SD40 636.
