UP’s KCLA – Kansas City-Los Angeles manifest – was short-lived attempt by the railroad to avoid the congestion of its transcontinental main across Nebraska by running a daily Kansas City- Lo... (more)

We are parked on the siding at Tenneco, just north of Denver. There’s no problem with one-year-old DD35 96B. The workman walking the length of the unit is one of two dozen workers and officials ... (more)

On April 8, 1966, a matched set of GP30s and GP30Bs sweep under the north-south runway at Denver’s Stapleton Airport with the KCLAX, UP’s Kansas City-Los Angeles hotshot. The train has been ru... (more)

With Denver’s skyline and the front range of the Rockies in the background, DD35A 79 is accelerating at East 88th Avenue on April 16, 1966, on its way to Wyoming and points west. The train, Kans... (more)

The presence of a company photographer, officials, and other supernumeraries tells us this is no ordinary train parked at Tenneco north of Denver. In mid-June, 1965, UP has dispatched a special fr... (more)