UP 9517 East prepares to depart Mineola after her conductor has given an opposing train a roll-by.

UP 9551 crosses the Chippewa River in a dense fog.

UP's wide nosed Dash 8's have become more common on the Altoona Sub with the storage of some of the ex. CNW Dash 8's.

9439 was leading a three loco lashup to tow the MOW up Cima Hill. The middle loco went down so the MOW was cut in half. 9439 is drifting east here to pick up the second half.

A vehicle train out of Milpitas heads uphill through the lower canyon on its way to North Platte.

Dropping some cars off in Altoona, WI on this 5 degree F night.

An old war bonnet is in charge of this NS train as they set out some cars on the East end of the Princeton yard.

As sundown approaches, UP 9523 North crosses a small bayou in the ultra-industrial refinery complex on the south side of the Houston Ship Channel.

A long eastbound manifest makes it way through the huge reverse curve just west of Pulga formed by the contours of the mountains.

A short UP manifest returns from a day of work in the refinery complex, with Lyondell Oil's refinery at left.

UP one-of-a-kind C41-8W, the only unit to get the flag and "building America" logo, passes on the WSOR headed to the UP system.

The skyline of Madison encroaches on what was once a 4-track right-of-way in the State Capital. UP rock loads pass the remote control switch that is the junction of the Madison and Prairie subs o... (more)

On the day Americans celebrate Veterans Day in 2007, the UP's one and only flag decorated C41-8W has the point on a loaded GREX rock train.

A stack train bound for Kansas City stops at Fullerton to wait for a stack train and a northbound Amtrak to pass.

Westbound from North Platte, UP 9546 leads the MNPPC 04 through the signal bridge at MP 475.4 near Egbert, Wyoming. I first caught this engine on the CSX in Gulfport, Mississippi, back in 2003 as ... (more)