Eastbound UP train MWCNP as entered BNSF trackage at Colton with 6550 on the rear.
UP 6550 leads a manifest east, just east of Sutherland, coming up to the junction where the South Morrill Sub merges into the Sidney Sub for the rest of the trip to Bailey Yard.
UP 6550 leads a standard cab C40-8 through Sutherland, Nebraska, about 15 miles west of Bailey Yard, in North Platte.
Union Pacific's Roper, UT to North Platte, NE manifest was only five miles into it's long journey to Nebraska when it was required to stop and make a pickup. Here the long manifest slows at North ... (more)
UP 6550 points a Westbound coal train
DeKalb received 13 inches of snow and day after yielded sunny skies and cold temperatures. The mainline was backed up due to the weather which is why this coal load wasn't making much speed pulli... (more)
Boy, you could really smell this one! UP/SP AC4400's haul empty coal through Joliet with a hot wheel in their consist. I'm surprized that the detector about a mile ahead didn't pick this up.