Rainy day in Arkansas
Union Pacific EMD GP38-2 No. 689 is in the process of being rebuilt into a GP38N at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on a rainy May 20, ... (more)

UPY EMD GP15-1 No. 610 sits in the sandblasting bay at the paint shop at Union Pacific’s Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015. After all the desired paint and lettering is ... (more)

Sidewalk Life. At 98 feet long, Union Pacific Railroad 6938 (DDA40X, EMD, 1970) is an impressive sight and a tribute to the "bigger is better" days of railroading. One of 47 built, this uni... (more)

Thirteen-month-old Missouri Pacific GP15-1 1686 was photographed just six months after the MoPac was absorbed into the Union Pacific. While this locomotive is technically a UP possession in this ... (more)

An employee inspects a Union Pacific EMD SD70M, writing up any defects and other work that needs to be done before the locomotive heads into UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arka... (more)

Crossing the Arkansas River, and crossing from Little Rock to North Little Rock in the process, is an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train led by BN-subsidiary Colorado & Southern SD40-2 7806 ... (more)

Before the rebuilding process can begin, an EMD Blomberg truck is carefully taken apart in the truck shop inside Union Pacific’s Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015.

Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 No. 3299, GE AC4400CW No. 6781, EMD SD70M No. 5146 and EMD SD9043MAC No. 3681 sit outside Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop near the north transfer table at North Li... (more)

Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5401 gets lettered, striped and “Scotchlited” inside the paint shop at the Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. Skilled workers like ... (more)

New prime mover
An EMD 16 710G3C prime mover is carefully lowered onto the frame of Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 8382 on May 18, 2015, at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock,... (more)

A welder works on Helm Financial Corp. (HLCX) EMD GP38-2 No. 3837 at the boilermakers area inside the vast halls of Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 1... (more)

A view from above inside the main shop building at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, sees locomotives gathered for rebuild and overhaul, including UP EMD SD40... (more)

Behind Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop is an outdoor yard with “used” locomotive parts. Components such as fuel tanks, cabs, plows, various hood sections—such as this EMD long hood f... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 No. 3071 is in the process of being remanufactured into a SD40N at railroad’s capable shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015.

AKMD 400 passes through a tree tunnel on the remains of the former Cotton Belt branch to Altheimer.