UP Desert Storm unit rolls west of Sutherland in 1991. Pure luck catching this unit.

Pure luck. The UP Desert Storm unit passed us westbound at O'Fallon's, but we were on the south side of the tracks and an eastbound was in our way. I was willing to risk a ticket trying to catch u... (more)

A UP stack train races East into the early morning sun, under threatening skies forming over the Nebraska plains.

It's a wonder there is anything left of eastern Wyoming. Here another trainload of it is approaching the main line just west of North Platte.

UP 6550 leads a manifest east, just east of Sutherland, coming up to the junction where the South Morrill Sub merges into the Sidney Sub for the rest of the trip to Bailey Yard.

After a quick crew change, the trio of UP SD40-2's are on the move, headed east by the local grain elevator in Sutherland.

UP 6550 leads a standard cab C40-8 through Sutherland, Nebraska, about 15 miles west of Bailey Yard, in North Platte.

After picking up the trailing SD70ACe (bad ordered) at the grain elevator in Sutherland, the LFA502 crew doesn't waste any time getting out of town. A nice trio of rebuilt, UP SD40-2's have the ho... (more)

UP 6496 rolls through Sutherland, headed west, as seen from the pedestrian bridge in town.

A trio of UP SD40-2s make for a nice sight as they back down the spur in Sutherland to pick up a bad ordered SD70ACe.

My favorite little town in the world..Sutherland. The Park Motel is just to the left of me across the tracks and just opposite the city park right next to the main. Perfect accommodations.

Returning home from the Super Bowl 2004