A westbound approaches the western end of the paired track at Weso (contraction of Western Pacific-Southern Pacific) where it will peel off to the left and enter the former Western Pacific route t... (more)
Union Pacific has just added U50C to power on westbound CNW train being interchanged to UP at Freemont
Seeming to glow in perfect late-evening light, this trio of massive SD9043MACs effortlessly roll a long train of Canadian grain through the Wallula Gap. The gap is a geologic feature that began f... (more)
The REAL UP: hurry, hurry, HURRY! The shooter on the left has just completed their setout of 2 cars of "french fries" as the dispatcher called it, and another eastbounder is waiting to pull in af... (more)
There certainly isn't much snow left in these parts of Colorado, but I wouldn't rule out winter just yet. This westbound manifest looks good alongside an unfrozen Colorado River as it heads for U... (more)
Congestion at the tunnel! Dispatcher had a westbound hotshot coming off the Harriman line on track 3, the HF went ahead of the LAX off of track 2 to the north track to clear for an empty grain to... (more)
Passing the Garnet siding with the "Farmer Johns" Hog Express.
Fighting lengthening evening shadows, 2504 2925 3272 run an eastbound freight through Laramie in September 1985
The clouds had let up a little bit; good thing, as this guy zoomed. He was lost to the west after this shot.
Coyote Siding, New Mexico, September 11, 1999. Steve Crise Photo. © scrise.com
A Eastbound Union Pacific train has just passed cajon summit and is starting to apply the dynamic brakes for the downhill grade to Barstow
SP 8683 leads this Union Pacific freight eastbound around the first of many curves on the 3% grade at Mitchell on Tennessee Pass.
Heading downhill from Sherman westbound toward Laramie.
On a perfect Wyoming day almost 32 years ago, a 'Fast Forty Sandwich' leads an eastbound manifest near Dale. The engineer gives us a hearty wave as the train roars upgrade. The UP had 47 of the... (more)
A container train bound for Los Angeles makes its way past a century old water tower.
