After completing their setout at Villa Grove on a cold, rainy evening, UP train MASPR climbs upgrade through Block on their way towards Chicago. Leading the way is one of only 4 remaining SP-paint... (more)

UP 6318, formerly SP 280, leads a Dupo, Illinois bound stack train.

An original SP painted ac44 leads MMTPR into G3 at Rochelle.

The mighty Southern Pacific has faded into history, and any hint of the railroad currently is subtle and usually hard to find. Only a few locomotives carry SP colors on the Union Pacific today, if... (more)

UP 6318, one of three remaining active Southern Pacific patched AC4400CW's, leads an oil can train down from Tunnel #1 and through Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.

UP 6318 (AC4400CW) is one of three remaining active Southern Pacific painted units running patched for the Union Pacific. Here it runs down from Tunnel #1 at Plainview, Colorado.

A patched SP unit brings up the rear of a westbound manifest on main 2.

UP 6318, still in SP paint, brings up the rear of an empty westbound.

Southern Pacific
Rare treat moves over the Kansas & Pacific Extension on February 6th, 2022. The prospect of shooting a Southern Pacific Bloody Nose on the point of a train in this... (more)

UP 6318 (AC4400CW) is one of only a handful of former Southern Pacific speed lettered motors still working in the 'bloody nose' paint scheme for the Union Pacific.

A very special UP 6318 runs through Peoria, Colorado with a grain train. This is one of a handful of Southern Pacific motors to still be running the rails, let alone leading.

UP 8318 in Southern Pacific paint runs a grain train on the old Kansas Pacific line at Cedar Point, Colorado.

One of the few remaining Southern Pacific painted UP motors runs on the old Kansas Pacific line at Cedar Point, Colorado.

A rare sight these days is seeing a patched Southern Pacific engine leading a Union Pacific Freight. UP 6318 (AC4400CW-CTE) leads a grain train through Peoria, Colorado on its way to Kansas.

After UP has been repainting the holdouts from the mergers and its own fleet aggressively the last few years, this patched Souther Pacific motor is a welcome sight. Former SP 280 has been hanging ... (more)