UP 5992 & NS 4677 with westbound empties.
Union Pacific's Reno Local is nearing the intermodal terminal on the Reno Branch.
High above the Cold Spring Valley, the Reno Local heads south on the Reno Branch.
A former CNW unit leads the Reno Local as it comes off the mainline at Reno Junction. In Western Pacific days, six axle units were not authorized to operate on the branch. Today, the portion of ... (more)
Electricians inside Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop in Nebraska, work on wire harnesses used in PTC installation for GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5992 on Track 1 on May 4, 2011. Amazing how much... (more)
After a 25 mile eastward descent from Soldier Summit, with grades up to 2.4%, the Union Pacific MRONY is just now rolling into Helper Yard, Utah. It will have an easier time on the 175 mile trip f... (more)
UP 5992 passes through the small community of Kingsville, Missouri on its way back to the North Antelope Mine on a pleasant fall afternoon.
A crew has finished cutting in a three-locomotive manned helper set into a westbound coal train bound for the grades of Soldier Summit at Helper, Utah, on the frigid night of December 2, 2004. Wit... (more)
One the very last deliverd UP AC-44s chungs uphill with a coal train crossing Steels Crossing aka 400 E.
A UP AC4400CW serving as the DPU on this train, rolls through Illinois farmland on the was to Dupo.
