UPY 691 (GP15-1) sits in an industrial area in central Denver waiting for an assignment.
The Sterling local returns from Rochelle on a stormy summer evening in Northwestern Illinois. While this was incredibly awesome, I had no time to setup and made a dumb mistake with the camera sett... (more)
The Waukegan switch run takes the south leg of the wye at Kenosha to head out the Farm Subdivision for switching on UP Milwaukee Subdivision (former CNW New Line)
The conductor on the "Muncie Local" walks back to make the cut on the set out for the Buzzi Unicem USA concrete distribution terminal on the east side of Bonner Springs.
Traction motors slowly rust under the Georgia sun as CSX 1538 goes through the rebuilding process at Locomotive Specialists in Waycross. Photo taken with permission.
Another in the series "A face only a mother could love", former CSX GP15-1 1538 is getting a "facial makeover" by the crew at Locomotive Specialists. Lots of bondo on the nose as well as paint ove... (more)
An ArcelorMittal GP15-1 and an SW1500 bring a lengthy train of empties out of the plant and into the Lakefront Yard.
Chicago & North Western EMD GP15-1 No. 4417 switches a train at Butler yard in Butler, Wisconsin, after the passing of a quick moving storm toward the end of a day in June 1984.
The sorting of engines in the UP's North Yard in Denver is fun to watch. The remote engineers pull a long line of freight cars from a receiving track and then give brief spurts of power as they s... (more)
The remote operator of UPY 618 (former Missouri Pacific GP15-1) brings the short freight into the North Yard for sorting.
The icicles on UPY 618 tell the story. A deep freeze along the Front Range makes for a miserable day operating the remotes in the UP's North Yard.
The North Yard in Denver offers a unique advantage point to photograph and video yard operations of the Union Pacific. The adjacent elevated viaduct has no fences to obstruct the view and the yar... (more)
A trio of UPY GP15s switch at Del Monte in Rochelle with LPG04.
UPY 681 (GP15-1) works the 36th Street Yard in Denver while UP 695 works the adjacent intermodal facility
UPY 681 was built for the Missouri Pacific in 1982. You can find a number of the former MoPac GP15-1's in the various yards around the Denver area.
