A pair of eight month old GE C40-8s pull a Canal Street to Los Angeles Z train through desolate Tintic Valley on a toasty July 16, 1988 afternoon.
A Union Pacific general freight has topped 6061 ft. Boutler Summit and has begun the descent through Utah's Tintic Valley. Three SD40-2s and a single DD35B lead the train west along UP's historic ... (more)
On Sept. 3, 2010, I drove more than 100 miles to catch a Union Pacific passenger special along the scenic Leamington Cutoff, only to find out later it departed Salt Lake City several hours early. ... (more)
Moving along at a steady 17 mph, a Black Thunder, WY to Moapa, NV coal load struggles to reach 5993 ft. Boulter Summit about five additional miles upgrade. This 116 car train of Powder River Basin... (more)
Union Pacific's Salt Lake City, UT to Long Beach, CA intermodal tops 5993 ft. Boulter Summit in Utah's Tintic Valley. The west switch at Boulter is the highest elevation point along the historic 7... (more)
Dashing through fresh snow, Union Pacific's West Colton-North Platte manifest descends Boulter Hill on UP's Leamington Cutoff.