UP 2545 leads a UP IYCMX, with manifest block on the head end, south down the main at Block, and past the waiting MASCH.

At the north end of Block Siding, 1 of 3 remaining SP-painted GP60s is on the point of UP's LSB54 local. This job runs north twice a week, usually Tuesday and Friday. After going on duty at 5 AM, ... (more)

After losing one of their units, UP MPRNLX made a rather interesting move at Block Siding, picking up a trailing unit from the MFWPR it was meeting. Here, the power from the MPRNLX backs up and ap... (more)

A UP SD40N has somehow made its way out of the yard and onto the point of this UP grain train, headed south through Block on a beautiful July morning.

UP GSHDNA, a southbound grain train, gets back on the move out of Block after waiting for a track inspector. This train will once again ease to a halt just north of Villa Grove at "Garbage Du... (more)

The famous Missouri Pacific "screaming eagle" logo, as seen on the side of a covered hopper on a UP grain train earlier this week.

UP QNLBVJ heads towards Sidney where it'll interchange onto the NS, passing through the small rural community of Block, a few miles south of Sidney.

A UP GP40-2 and HLCX GP38-2 team up with UP's Villa Grove local, the LSB50, as it heads south through the small town of Block.

MPIPBJ flies south through Block at track speed. This train interchanged off the NS at Sidney, and was train 15E on the NS.

An NS freight rolls south toward Villa Grove where it awaits a UP crew.

After a meet, UP 4952 comes to life and continues its trip west.