UP 6866 works it's way eastbound through southeastern, Idaho. Pictured at Topaz just west of the town of Lava Hot Springs.
It's early morning, UP 6866 is rolling eastbound through the lava flows, and fall foliage, between Inkom and McCammon, Idaho. UP 6866 isn't a bad looking locomotive, except the right number board ... (more)
Right after pulling out of Pocatello, UP 6866 started having mechanical issue. After pulling ahead far enough to clear crossings. UP 6866 pulled to a stop in Inkom, Idaho, and start working with t... (more)
Late afternoon at Cameron finds UP 6686 North working upgrade towards Tehachapi Summit.
After a quiet morning on the Moffat Sub, an eastbound coal train skirts the Colorado River, passing through Tunnel 40 in this rugged stretch of railroad.
The blurred mountains in the background and the trailing cars disappearing into the horizon are a testament to the strain it takes to lug coal down the Joint Line. Here UP 6866 leads a 3-2-1 powe... (more)
The Fast and the Slow On the left, UP 6866 and another UP unit are the DPUs of an empty coal train, bound for Black Thunder Mines, flies down Logan Hill at track Speed. On the right, a load... (more)
UP 6866 east got stuck at Cliff due to brake problems and had to wait for two rescue motors. Here the stranded UP 6866 east meets a westbound.
A short "juice train"
