The day before the big event, where the UP Challenger 3985 pulled the circus train from Cheyenne to Denver. Union Pacific's Western Pacific heritage unit 1983 was in charge of the circus train fro... (more)

No Rio Grande in sight, on the Rio Grande main. As a group of mainly Southern Pacific B truck locomotives handle this freight train.

In all my years of railroading, I have never seen anything as incredible as three steam locomotives trying to break through the snow, ice and rock at windy point. The snow was as tall as the rotar... (more)

Conrail on Cajon? Two Conrail SD60M's are being tried out on the Southern Pacific. Conrail 5549 and 5544 lead a fleet of Southern Pacific power on the oil can.

Heber Valley Railroad's Union Pacific 618. Has been returned to it original as delivered look and heritage. As 1907's Oregon Short Line's 1068. The leaves are showing their fall color's in Utah's ... (more)

The Desert Wind / Pioneer is heading up Utah's Echo Canyon early in the morning.

I got my first chance to see Union Pacific's veterans locomotive 1943. Mother nature wasn't too cooperative, but I gave it my best shot with the weather conditions.

In a bizarre twist, Union Pacific leased two of McCloud River SD38's in 1988. UP L can be seen on the nose of the locomotives. They are on track-age that has now been dormant for about 18 years. T... (more)

One of the beautiful things about the Santa Fe. Was some of the rare units you could find leading a trains. Here is a GP20U leading a Flagstaff local in 1996.

A relatively new set of Burlington Northern SD60M 9298 9277 are working the northern coal fields in Montana.

It's hard to find the positives for railfans when mergers happen. Believe it or not, this Missouri Pacific lash up, is in Provo, Utah. After the Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific merger this set of ... (more)

K37 Rio Grande 497 leads a photo freight past the old movie set of Weed City.

A local out on the Shafter Subdivision, has backed it's cars on the industrial lead to do some switching. The evaporation pond provides a perfect mirror image for the two Union Pacific SD40-2's.

UP ES44AC 7605 was delivered in GE demonstrator paint. Unfortunately the paint job didn't last too long. It was painted into Union Pacific armor yellow after about 6 months. I was fortunate enough... (more)

Two new SD90MAC-H II 8553 and 8555 sandwich an ex Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8613. The two ill-fated 6000 Horse EMD's have just cut off their train at Union Pacific's Salt Lake Cities, North yard. M... (more)