Replacing a bunch of coal trains on the former Clinchfield was a few unit trains such as this string of ethanol tankers coiling through the narrow hollers on the way to the south.
UP 5806 (AC4400CWCTE) moves out of the servicing area of the North Yard and will head to a train that needs some extra muscle.
A beat up GE leads an eastbound stack train with fall foliage in full force.
UP 5806 is seen here at the bottom of Loray Wash, climbing the 1.3% westward grade about 10 miles west of Montello, Nevada. In steam days Montello was a helper base for this 21 mile grade out of t... (more)
Armour yellow provides a bit of color to the brown-ness that covers southern Wisconsin as a coal load heads west for the Weston plant.
A descending westbound bends into the cut for Hermosa Tunnel. In the distance can be seen the main lines continuing up toward the summit of Sherman Hill. The red cut in the center of the picture... (more)
UP 5806 leading mixed freight northward at track speed along the UP DeSoto Sub through Cliff Cave County Park on a beautiful Sunday morning in early April
UP AC4400CW 5806 and KCS SD70ACe 4015 lead an eastbound loaded coal train through La Fox. KCS seems to be showing up more and more on the UP Geneva Sub.