A West Elk coal empty slows for a crew change at Helper Yard on May 29, 2015.

On a clear morning in southern California's San Fernando valley, UP's Vulcan rock train takes the siding for a meet at Roxford located in Sylmar. This train usually doesn't rate new power, but on ... (more)

Union Pacific's Vulcan rock train is seen heading south (formerly railroad east) on the ex-SP Saugus Line as it passes through the route's namesake town. Recently delivered UP 8207 is on the point... (more)

UP 8207 leads the RVUVU through Saugus on the ex SP Soledad Canyon Line.

Taking the siding at Sylmar to let a westbound Metrolink pass, UP 8207 is the lead unit on the Vulcon rock train, it unload a few miles from here at Sun Valley before returning to its home in the ... (more)

UP 8207 leads 6 cousins and an eastbound manifest, storming up Cima Hill into a forest of Joshua Trees.

Union Pacific's West Colton to North Platte manifest climbs the Cherry Hill grade of the Salt Lake Sub approaching Kaysville, Utah. The long freight is passing milepost 800, measured from Los Ange... (more)

From the I-80 Rest stop at Emigrant Gap, I was shooting my last shot of the day which was for the 2009 "A Day in North America" issue of Railroads Ill. The storm clouds from a passing storm parted... (more)

Coleto Creek coal loads head south on UP's Cuero Sub just north of Flatonia, TX.