After an eventful few days beginning with breaking down in San Luis Obispo, starting its journey south as Amtrak 774 before returning to SLO...sitting, waiting, departing later that day as Amtrak ... (more)
Following the passage of the second of three large storms to pound the southern half of California this past week, massive amounts of water remain scattered across the central coast in areas unabl... (more)
A UP mixed freight bound for Council Bluffs crawls into the sunset, approaching the diamond with the BNSF Aurora Subdivision at the famous Rochelle Railroad Park.
UP's snow shuttle train sits on the yard tracks in front of the depot in Cheyenne waiting its call to duty this winter. Taken with permission.
When I heard Q390 was coming, I crossed my fingers and hoped that it would have UP power...and it did, in the form of elephant style Union Pacific SD70Ms...a beautiful site for one whose eyes were... (more)
CSX train Q351 rumbles past the MoW yard siding at CP25 on the Greenwich sub with all Union Pacific power
With "maintenance in the way," as the dispatcher put it, out of the way, Q617 proceeds south from Opelika into the Opelika, Notasulga, and Chehaw blocks south.
An east bound manifest takes the siding for a west bound TOFC train.
Between Palm Springs and Cabazon a UP westbound doublestack passes through Fingal on the former SP Yuma Sub.
cotton is starting to bloom as a southbound ballast train passes
Curving its way downgrade on the west side of Donner pass on the approach to Shed 10. What a hike for me!
A neat UP/CN/UP/Metro North combo for power.
UP and BNSF road power mingles with former Conrail SD38/MT6 slug sets at Norfolk Southern's Allentown Yard.
