A northbound intermodal led by UP 5364 passes Bealville, CA on an April afternoon. The stain of the tunnel district takes its toll on UP's yellow, much as it did with SP power in days past.

UP 5364 (C45ACCTE) leads a freight through Speer, Wyoming on its way to Colorado on the Greeley Sub.

An ethanol train pulls west to clear the west switch before shoving into Green Plains.

UP 5364 (GE C45ACCTE) passes Bill area with a southbound coal train, assisted by UP 7603. On the rear end works UP 5880 (GE C44CWCTE).

A set of light engines proceeds west through the Metrolink station in downtown Pomona. The engines are on the Los Angeles Sub. The track to the far left is also the LA Sub. The track to the far ri... (more)

Union Pacific 5364 exits Pulga siding heading westbound down the Feather River Canyon.

Got wings? The daily Chicago Barr Yard to Selkirk, NY manifest did as it rolled through CP 173 on what started out as another frigid morning in the Mohawk Valley.

With the summit in sight, an older ES44AC and a C60/44AC have nearly completed their climb up the roughly 5 miles of >1% grade known as Kirkwood Hill. The fall colors, after a less-than-average st... (more)

With the once golden-brown hills giving way to green hills in the background, UP 5364 glides down the pass & crosses the Tehachapi creek at Rowen with the ILBOA 12.

With the town of Mojave in the distance, a Roseville to West Colton junk manifest sprints across the high desert toward Lancaster and a trip down the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass.

This is a westbound manifest, heading for Southern California. Just a few miles behind that pile of rock, lies the fabulous Las Vegas strip.