A Southbound welded rail train pulls through Bealville.

Union Pacific train 717, the Los Angeles Challenger, is seen in Los Angeles at Pasadena Junction in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A southbound Union Pacific freight sits in Mojave, on UP’s Mojave Sub. This train is powered by a quartet of SD70ACe locomotives: UP 8465, 8500, 8482 and 8455. In the distance is a Burlington ... (more)

UP 1989 & 6155 lead a westbound intermodal train from Global 4 headed to Seattle.

"The other 844" heads west with the third excursion of the day.

#4014 and the #844 are returning to Cheyenne after a highly publicized trip to Salt Lake City, heralding the Big Boy's return.

Rounding the sharp bend through Ancona, UPs Military schemed locomotive takes charge of UPs Chicago to California stack train running on foreign rails.

Motorists take evasive action to give way to the Loves Park turn, as the train gingerly navigates the street running on Madison Street.

A pair of GP15-1s and 4 loaded gons take a stroll through along the banks of the Rock River as they head towards Belvidere after making a Loves Park turn.

Eastbound autoracks twist up San Timoteo Canyon in the early morning between Ordway and El Casco.

UP 5424 brings up the rear of a long westbound manifest at Redlands.

U{ 1417 leads the Troy Grove local South out of De Kalb.

UP 8736 eastbound on a manifest.

UP 3067 brings up the rear of a westbound mixed freight.

Union Pacific's "Spirit of the Union Pacific" commemorative unit leads the daily Phoenix to Tucson manifest through downtown Tempe on a cool Saturday afternoon in mid-January. This is on... (more)