Dawn at Omaha Shops
As the Nebraska sky brightens to signal another summer day, the work at Union Pacific’s Omaha Shops continues on. Thirty-eight locomotives are visible in this view... (more)

Taking a little turn this former SLSF unit is far from home. This location used to be good for a varied string of 4-axle power. It was undoubtedly the farthest outpost of the BN which used to be... (more)

Another section of panel track is moved into place in preparation for yet another pull northward out of the Pomona Fairgrounds parking lot.

4014 is close to the starting line at the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif. Only a few pulls left before Big Boy reaches the finish line and will be back on UP mainline trackage.

Sections of the temporary panel track used to move the 4014 closer to the mainline are seen being disassembled here in preparation for re-assembly at the rear of the locomotive. After many hours ... (more)

Sansa Fe all the Way
Sporting a unique look on the long hood, this Santa Fe engine leads today’s DENKCK as it switches cars in the yard at Pueblo before departing east out of town.

Just shy of the midnight hour, 16th Street Relief operator Madelyn Gonzalez jots down the passage of Metra Rock Island District's last train into LaSalle Street for the night, as its' MP36 locomot... (more)

Classic Union Switch & Signal Searchlights offer the approaching ZLAAH stack train a clear signal at the west switch Champlin siding in Utah's lonely Tintic Valley.

A locomotive consist on the Rock Island could muster takes a westbound freight across Terminal Junction at the west end of Rock Island's Rock Island yard. The RI mainline crossed the BN and DRI m... (more)

Former DRGW 5111 was bought by the Rock Island and "patched" by the Rock Island and entered service as their 4207. Here we see the 4207 getting serviced at the Silvis Shops.

Three GE units, with U30CG 8002 on the point, wait to take Santa Fe's Train 443 from UP's yard in Denver south to Pueblo and then east to Kansas City on Sept. 15, 1979. Only six U30CG's were bui... (more)

various power at Reading's Rutherford engine facility

23 years of harsh sun has taken a toll on this veteran Warbonnet.

5256 is only a few months from her purchase from Amtrak and conversion to freight service as an SDF40-2. She still looks fresh as she glides past a brand-new station sign at Edwards, CA.

Built by Electro-Motive London, Ontario, Canada. Santa Fe GP60M #156 & 157 are ready for delivery. From my slide collection. Dave Stowe Photo.