This summer, I had the privilege to witness UP 4014, Union Pacific's restored "Big Boy" 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, ply the rails of the UP mainline once again, this time leading the "... (more)

UP 1996 leads the Salad Shooter into Illinois at East Clinton.

A UP AH leads a morning eastbound Z across the Mississippi River bridge.

Power strapped Milwaukee Road leased a number of B&O GP's and 3 of them found their way onto the Nahant to Savanna way-freight which ran over the Rock Island to East Moline and then north on the A... (more)

Typical mid-1980s coal train power, a CNW SD40-2 leads two UP SD40-2s with a train of Powder River loads across the river and into Illinois. The SD50s and 60s were just around the corner, as were... (more)

Nearing sunset a westbound UP train with five SD70M's gets an approach signal to proceed toward Clinton.

UP 5724 leads a loaded coal train east.

A K Line stack train crosses the Mississippi River on its way east.

An eastbound Z train makes its way over the UP's Mississippi River bridge, which was constructed in 1909.

UP 5346 East accelerates through East Clinton after having made a crew change on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River.

UP 9774 leads this intermodal into Illinois on a unseasonably warm winter day.

The MKT, MP, and CNW Heritage units duck under BNSF's Barstow Sub as it approaches the Mississippi River.

UP 6410 strolls along acting caboose like on a Pleasant Prairie empty...

A trio of assorted UP AC4400's pause in the afternoon light for a crew change on New Years Day.