YSPMP eases down the hill at Westminster. They had 110 cars out of East Minneapolis, along with a couple of CSXT GEs that came in on an empty ethanol train for the TCW.

CP 286 sports a nice leader in the form of a Union Pacific SD40N. As the engineer cranks it into run 8, the train is seen heading east under the Milwaukee Road searchlights in Rondout, Illinois. I... (more)

The eastbound UP local freight between Abilene and Fort Worth is passing through farm and ranch land in Annetta, TX just east of Weatherford. The power this day is a pair of rebuilt SD40N's.

LTB85 gets ready to depart south for the Roseport Industrial Lead with a nice looking trio of SD40Ns for power.

UP LDF52 powers east into the morning sun out of Grand Jct. They'll spend the day working customers in western Colorado on the ex-Rio Grande.

3 SD40Ns and a GP15-1 pull a nearly 100 car long YSPMP out of East Minneapolis. The UPY 654 is pinch hitting for one of the SD40Ns usually assigned for this job.

YSPMP makes their way back to South St. Paul with a great looking quad pack of EMDs for power. The YSPMP is UP's transfer job that runs between South St. Paul and East Minneapolis. UPY 654 is pinc... (more)

UP 1817 (SD40N) heads into the North Yard to work sorting cars in the large Denver facility.

YSPMP crosses the Robert Street Lift Bridge with a good looking quad set of SD40Ns for power. Nice that there were some stacks on the headend as well.

After the conductor aligned the switches, Union Pacific transfer job YKS62 pulls forwards and heads towards the KCS yard in Kansas City, Missouri. A KCS GP38-2 in the gray ghost scheme awaits its ... (more)

LTS82 is almost back home to Altoona as they traverse the 1898 built Eau Claire River Bridge.

LTS82 delivers 18 empty scrap gondolas to Alter Metal Recycling in Eau Claire.

LTS82 departs Norma after interchanging with the Wisconsin Northern. Today's pickup consisted of 68 cars, most of which were sand loads.

A pair of SD40Ns spliced by a GP40-2 pull LTB85 out of South St. Paul as they begin the short trip up to Roseport. The 1610 looks pretty good despite being cycled through the SD40N overhaul progra... (more)

EMD 1865 was built for the Union Pacific as a SD40-2H in 1976 as part of the 8000 class Fast Forties. in 1980 it was configured as a normal SD40-2, and in 2012 it was rebuilt as a SD40N. Here it ... (more)