UP grain empties head north on BNSF's Ft. Worth Sub at Tower 60. The train is about to cross the Trinity River. UP inherited the trackage rights from SP, that railroad having got them as a conditi... (more)

UP 5855, 8583, & 3942 westbound.

With serious flat spots, this DP "hammers" literally, on the back of this shorter Global 2 to Lathrop Z-train as the end of the day shines off the train. The train is about 100 miles int... (more)

UP 5999 leads Q433 south clearing Milepost 119.57, the Bailey street crossing in Coxsackie NY

Northbound Boone, IA, to Eagle Grove, IA, small freight passes over the mighty tall bridge here at Fort Dodge. The train is on the Fort Dodge Sub which they will use from Moorland to Eagle Grove t... (more)

After running through Big Ten Curve, UP 6049 winds its way towards Denver through Arvada, Colorado. Here we see the mid-train helper engines as they pass beneath Highway 93.

The Big Ten Curve enables UP 6049 (AC44CWCTE) to drop further in altitude, winding through the 270 degree switchback which keeps the grade change at 2%.

From this vantage point you get a good perspective of the grade change as UP 6049 (AC44CWCTE) drops down from Tunnel #1 and heads to the Big Ten Curve.

UP 5475 makes its way up Cajon Pass on the former SP Palmdale cut-off. Snow levels had dropped the night before and made the pass look like a winter wonderland. Most of the snow was gone by ear... (more)

An eastbound freight exits the tunnel at Castle Rock as the train climbs the 1.14% grade

A Columbia, WI, coal empty works down the CP Marquette Sub back towards Clinton to interchange with the UP. Back on the rear end of this train is a single UP GE in DP mode. The train has just pass... (more)

Proviso to Council Bluffs freight rolls thru the small town of Norway along the UP's Clinton Sub. Norway is located at MP 97, which is about 10 miles west of Cedar Rapids.

UP 6049 (AC44CWCTE) leads a coal train through Big Ten Curve as it drops in elevation towards Arvada, Colorado.

UP 6049 (AC44CWCTE) leads a long coal train down the mountain from Tunnel 1 and has made the 180 degree turn in Coal Creek Canyon as it heads toward the Big Ten curve. Three helper units provide ... (more)

UP 5897 & 4539 lead eastbound stacks past the 1943 & the 4141.