Tom Golden photo.

UP Special is going past the former SP station that is now a Mexican restaurant. The Phoenix Metro light rail tracks are to the right.

UP Special is going around the west leg of the wye at Picacho, Arizona showing off the newly completed double tracking project here.

A Union Pacific Las Vegas to Salt Lake City officer's special glides north through rural Springville, Utah. Scanned from a Kodachrome transparency taken via the deck of the 14th North bridge where... (more)

The UP E units lead a passenger special from Eagle Pass,TX to Phoenix,AZ westbound at Akela,NM 3/25/12. High clouds would overtake the area 5 minutes after the train passed.

Real Class: This evening a beautiful display of historical locomotives were to be had in Downtown Sacramento during a wine-tasting event inside the museum. This beauty along with eight oth... (more)

A UP customer/civic leader special makes a rare visit to the Texas border town of Eagle Pass at the end of the rarely photographed Eagle Pass Subdivision. The E's don't get out like they used to,... (more)

As a KCS Crew gets ready to take their grain train from the CP south, UP Train SCBSP 21 cools its heels waiting on the outbound crew to show up at around 0230 in the morning at Air Line Jct.

As a KCS Crew gets ready to take their grain train from the CP south, UP Train SCBSP 21 cools its heels waiting on the outbound crew to show up at around 0230 in the morning at Air Line Jct.

The California State Railroad Museum hosted a series of night photo sessions in honor of a visit by SP 4-8-4 #4449. Tonight, E9 #6051 and SP 0-6-0 #1269 show their stuff. Train #98 was the Soutb... (more)

Departing west

A Union Pacific Las Vegas to Salt Lake City officers special makes a brief stop at Provo Yard. Do you suppose the crew working the TR5 'cow and calf' switcher are following the rule book pretty cl... (more)

I still remember the arrival of a UP officer's special being such a big deal, my dad got me out of Junior High School early to see it! The OLVSC (Las Vegas, NV to Salt Lake City, UT) has just arri... (more)

The Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum (CVRM) Railfan Day on Saturday, 1st November 1986 included a night photo session, featuring New York Central E-9A # 4096, heading up a night train to nowhere... (more)

A Union Pacific officer's special rolls north along the Provo Subdivision near the D&RGW Lakota Crossing. The classy seven car train spent the day touring the UPRR between Las Vegas, NV and Salt L... (more)