A Union Pacific coal drags up hill, making a rumbling appearance through a rare & thick morning fog.

Many railroads in Chicago slowed down due to the extreme cold the region has been experiencing over the passed few days. UP restricted trains to 40mph, except Z trains of course. Here, UP 4279 pie... (more)

High winds blow snow across the double main and US-30/287 as Union Pacific SD70AH No. 8844 leads a westbound manifest through Bosler, Wyoming, on January 26, 2019.

SNOW IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA! A rare snow storm hit Southern Arizona on the first and 2nd day of January 2019! Here is one of my personal favorite captures, with the sun breaking through the clouds fo... (more)

Westbound potash train climbing up grade out of Huntington, OR on a cold day.

The continental divide can be seen in the background as Union Pacific ES44AH No. 8159 leads the Grand Jct-North Yard manifest through Crescent, Colorado, on January 19, 2019.

A westbound Potash empty skirts South Boulder Creek. The head-end is exiting the canyon on a tight 10 degree curve, while the cars east of Tunnel 29 round a 12 degree horseshoe. All these curves c... (more)

With code-line poles and searchlight signals framing the scene Union Pacific's eastbound 'salad shooter' works up Sherman Hill at the top end of Hermosa.

UP 8816 and 5152 are nearing the town of Lava Hot Spings, Idaho with a eastbound manifest. On a very wintry January 2nd.

Union Pacific 49 has gotten a green signal and is beginning to move westbound out of the Yermo yard. In the land of SD40-2s, it was not very often we would see an SD-45 on the point of a manifest... (more)

A mixed freight pulls out of a winding route along the Sacramento River with Mount Shasta standing tall in the background.

A Union Pacific manifest heads south on the Shasta Route, rolling beneath the timeless magnificence of the Castle Crags.

As an eastbound manifest descends Sherman Hill on main track one a hot westbound Z train hustles 'over the top' on main two just west of Buford.

With the old steam era water tank standing a quiet guard in the distance, westbound tonnage works up '3 track' at Harriman, WY with the C&NW heritage unit leading the charge.

Hauling heavy steel coils off of Conrail, three UP 40-2s roll westward through the arid wasteland between Sand Pass and Flannigan, NV. This is the same territory that John Charles Fremont scouted ... (more)