The so-called “Bill Gates Special,” a chartered Wisconsin and Southern passenger train with a few added cars for good measure, heads westbound just west of Rollins, Colorado, on September 25, ... (more)

The Union Pacific 150 years museum train is seen on display at Boise depot.

What a lashup! IC E9A 101 is paired with two F units from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum collection during the 2004 Railfan Weekend event, which featured cab units from various midwest railroa... (more)

Union Pacific 951, GM-EMD E9 diesel, built in 1955, leads a Union Pacific passenger special across Joso Bridge in eastern Washington.

SP 6051 sits in Old Sac with the SSRR consist, UP's Passenger consist is on the opposing track

An A-B set of Amtrak E-units with their eastbound train has just crossed over from former New York Central Water Level Route to the parallel Pennsylvania mainline into Chicago. Tom Golden photo.

Illinois Central 101 pulls a passenger special for Ashley Furniture's 40th anniversary through Dodge, Wisconsin as a TERRIFIED horse flees the scene.

Burlington Northern E9s line up with commuter trains at Chicago Union Station in October 1983, waiting patiently for the workers of the Windy City to board for a trip home to the western suburbs.

On a rare move, Union Pacific's Aksarben train is southbound on the Falls City Sub crossing the drought striken Platte River in Plattsmouth Nebraska.

Fresh painted E9A 9907 poses at the BN yards of Chicago after beeing rebuilt at Morrison Knudson's at Boise, Idaho

Union Pacific's 'City of Provo' passenger train? Hardly. After spending most of the day performing safety drills between Nephi and Springville, a UP Operation Lifesaver Special departs Provo for S... (more)

Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary tour of the Pacific Northwest

The James Whitcomb Riley is seen leaving C&O trackage and entering Erie Lackawanna territory at Broad Street in Griffith. In less than two weeks, the EL would be no more. Tom Golden photo.

Photographer Ken Patton added this note to the photo. After easing across Missisquoi Bay on Central Vermont's long trestle, The Montrealer curves north again and notches out, headed for the borde... (more)

UP 150th Special from Portland, OR to Green River, WY.