A Union Pacific SD40-2 leads a pair of Santa Fe units as they head east along the Indiana Harbor Belt through Dolton as a CSX freight passes on the adjacent trackage. Tom Golden photo.

My 1994 Honda Civic Coupe waits patiently while a hot Stockton, California to Memphis, Tennessee Z-train blasts through Woods Cross on July 30, 1995.

Union Pacific's LUJ51 local comes to a stop at the only road crossing in 'downtown' Echo, Utah. This train will exchange cars with the LUJ61 local coming west from Evanston, Wyoming. The white For... (more)

Union Pacific's LUJ51 local heads west through the Weber River truss bridges at Devil's Slide, Utah.

Union Pacific's LUJ51 local heads west along I-84 at Morgan, Utah. The '51' is returning from Echo with a very unusual train consist for Riverdale yard. Covered hoppers and tank cars are far more ... (more)

In this photographer's opinion, catching a pair of original to UP SD40-2's working the Overland Route is a wonderful sight to see in 2010. Here the LUJ51 local departs CP G978, Strawberry after a ... (more)

Union Pacific's '51' local slows to pick up four loaded covered hoppers at the Holcim cement plant at Devil's Slide, Utah.

Union Pacific's LUJ51 local crosses the Weber River with four loads of cement from the Holcim plant at Devil's Slide, Utah.

About twenty miles east of Los Angeles on UP's Alhambra Sub, a loaded tie train rests for the evening in the El Monte siding.

Power from RKRKO (Kerr, TX--Koy Concrete at Katy, TX) with Katy's grain elevators, power from the Katy Local, and some rail activity at the TXI cement terminal. Also UP GP60's 2081 and 2054, and ... (more)

NPOAT heads west through northern Nevada with a trio of SD40-2s on the point.