Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr is led by Rio Grande EMD GP40 No. 3079 at the station stop of Grand Junction, Colorado, on February 25, 1988. Because of the long length of the Zephyr in thi... (more)

Union Pacific is deadheading a passenger car move from the West Coast back to Council Bluffs. Here, it meets the NCRC GILC-19.

Making a rather odd appearance beneath the Colton flyover, UP 1111 leads an engineering special off the BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision and onto the Union Pacific Yuma Subdivision. The unusual rou... (more)

One of a Kind. With the town of Victorville in the rearview mirrors, BNSF's Southern California Division Christmas Train joins Route 66 again east of town as it prepares to make the turn to... (more)

Working upgrade through the Mormon Rocks, BNSF 4228 brings up the rear of the eastbound Christmas Train as it climbs toward the summit of Cajon Pass. After cresting the 3,777 foot summit, the trai... (more)

A pair of passenger trains call on the original Santa Fe station at Fullerton on this cool winter afternoon, being the BNSF Railway's Southern California Division Christmas Train and a northbound ... (more)

The Past is Never Far Off. BNSF 7025, a General Electric ES44C4 delivered to BNSF in 2012, cools its heels at the Barstow Amtrak station as excited passengers board this year's Southern Cal... (more)

The UP special rolls into Portland, past the ORHF daylight cars as thunder storms roll along in the distance.

Chatsworth Rocks, in Santa Susana Pass in the northwest corner of Los Angeles, was the location of countless early Western films, from silent movies up to Roy Rogers’ television show. It has al... (more)

Providence & Worcester train RBBX with CSX ES44AHs 903 & 865 switch out the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train at the Providence & Worcester RR’s Worcester, MA yard on October 5, 2... (more)

To honor their employees, Union Pacific chose SD70ACe 8362 to be repainted and wrapped with colorful graphics. The engine was renumbered 1111, representing, according to the railroad, "Union... (more)

With nothing but green signals in front of it, UP's Council Bluffs to Cheyenne passenger special races west down Archer Hill lead by UP's Powered by Our People unit #1111 on May 12th, 2020.

UP 1111 leads a special Northbound on the UP Coast Sub through Elkhorn Slough.

A Union Pacific engineering special, train PLVSL-15, passes through Frost, in California’s Mojave Desert, as it makes its way from Las Vegas, Nevada, to San Luis Obispo, California. The railroa... (more)

Crossing the Gaviota Trestle,Union Pacific no. 1111, wearing the Powered by people livery pulls it's 9 car Heritage Fleet consist across a deserted Gaviota State Beach.