The "Spirit of the Union Pacific" has escaped its normal business train duty as it leads a long North Platte to Fort Worth manifest down the "OKT".

On a cold and cloudy day, many railfans in the Northern Indiana region flocked to the NS Marion Branch to witness what could possibly be a one time ordeal... NS 200 out of Danville, KY had the UP ... (more)

A fresh looking UP 9097 (SD70AH) crosses a river in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Vintage signaling is still standing strong at Julesburg, CO as an eastbound hotshot roars underneath.

UP 8905 leads CSX Q191 west past the derailment site at Calumet.

A UP SD70AH leads a colorful stack train through Plainfield on a beautiful warm Sunday evening.

A perfect morning to start the vacation: Standing at the Alviso Sound near San José, having absolutely no wind and therefore a perfect mirror image and then a unexpected (waited there for some sc... (more)

A clean UP 9031 (SD70AH) pulls a freight through the east portal of the Hermosa Tunnels on its way to Cheyenne, Wyoming.

UP 8991 leads a Southbound Ballast Train through Blossom Hill bound for Hollister, CA.

UP 8900 leads a colorful consist is it approaches the crew change point just outside of Hearne Texas.

A Union Pacific officer special hustles through Parachute on its way to Grand Junction

A westbound coal load snakes its way through Byers Canyon in Hot Sulphur Springs.

UP 8961 has finally got its feet dry on solid land at Lakeside, Utah. The past 32 miles from Little Mountain have been “at sea” crossing the Great Salt Lake. Except for 3 miles of dry land at ... (more)

A Union Pacific Grand Junction - Denver,CO manifest emerges from tunnel 5 on its descent through the heart of the famed D&RGW Tunnel District in the midst of a heavy snow storm on April 10th, 2019... (more)

The morning of June 27th an officer's special for the Union Pacific traveled from Las Vegas, NV through California on its way east to Council Bluffs, IA. I took advantage of a day off and start... (more)