The previous day was cloudy, but New Years Day dawned clear and bright, so I went out to see what I could find before heading back north to Minnesota. The UP was quiet, but the BNSF came through w... (more)

A Union Pacific crew uses a former Missouri Pacific GP38-2 to switch a cut of cars at Fremont, NE. Mainline traffic was pretty scarce on the UP on this morning at Union Street, but watching and li... (more)

Fremont, NE is where the C&NW mainline from Chicago joined the UP mainline from Omaha. C&NW freights came in and UP power was added to the front to continue west. Vise versa for Eastbound trains. ... (more)

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 4993 leads a westbound manifest departing Fremont, NE.

CNW 8543 with a UP SD60M lead Sheboygan, WI to Coal Creek, WY empties out of Fremont, NE on a summer afternoon portending of storms. There were 12 trains in 3 hours this afternoon in what was just... (more)

Proviso to Seattle symbol PRSED-16 is departing Fremont, NE on a June afternoon. The lead unit is trailed by CSX C30-7 No. 7026, UP SD60M No. 6292 and CR SD50 No. 6794 with 48 loads and 2287 tons.... (more)

A westbound train of auto racks enters the crew change point of Fremont, NE with a pair of Conrail SDs behind the UP leader. Fuji Velvia.

UP 8444 putting on a show for its return passenger excursion trip from Fremont.

Ex CP GP30 at Fremont, NE.

Most days one could just sit by the tracks and watch coal trains go past like a steady procession, loaded or empty. It's a crisp and clear December afternoon as the 8051 arrives in Fremont with a ... (more)

You never knew what you were going to get for a power consist in the years following the big mergers of the 90s. UP or C&NW leaders were the norm for UP trains between Ogden, Topeka and Chicago ac... (more)

LMX 8562 leads a BN SD40-2 with a train full of eyesores northbound across the UP diamonds in Fremont, NE. The tank car is sitting on the interchange track between one-time C&NW and BN. There used... (more)

A rather unique SD40-2 of Colorado Southern vintage, 7840 along with 7149 were rebuilt as dual-fuel locomotives able to run with LNG or diesel and classed as DF40-2s, however, the 7890 is back to ... (more)

Wide and standard cab UP SD60s lead a pair of Wisconsin Central SD45s accelerating an eastbound out of Fremont, NE. Fuji Astia.