UP 5054 leaves the ore yard in Escanaba, MI on a gloomy, rainy day in November of 1996, with an empty train bound for the Empire Mine. UP ownership here was short lived and quickly gave way to the... (more)

UP in the UP
After Union Pacific merged Chicago & North Western, it only had the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ore line for a short time before Wisconsin Central, and later Canadian Natio... (more)

UP 5054 leaves the ore yard in Escanaba, MI on a gloomy, rainy day in December of 1996, with an empty train bound for the Empire Mine. UP ownership here was short lived and quickly gave way to the... (more)

A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Special glides west along the Lynndyl Sub with the Great Salt Lake and Stansbury Island in the background. The outbound SSCSC will pause briefly at Faust and re... (more)

At the day's end, a perfectly matched set UP SD70M's lead a Lathrop, CA to Canal Street (Chicago), IL intermodal east through Echo while a member of the local equestrian contingent appears complet... (more)

The conductor of UP 5054 West gives an eastbound stack train a roll-by.

Northbound freight

A full cab, plus at least one dead-header in the trailing unit.

Brand-new SD70M 5054 waits shy of Prince Road in Tucson for an eastbound stack to clear before proceeding on its maiden voyage to the West Coast.