An MWCRV heads out of Tunnel 2 and drifts downgrade into Caliente during one of the nicer green seasons we had in the last decade.
While this may look like two GE's racing, the manifest is actually stopped, waiting for two Z trains (higher priority) to get around.
Since it was cloudy and a white countryside, I made the best to shoot some stuff on the northside of the UP main thru Iowa. Westbound auto train off the IHB at Gibson in Chicago rolls west on the ... (more)
Five pack of fast forties: A westbound van train has arrived in Cheyenne and is cut away from their train in order to make a pickup. The power is five of the 8000 series "fast forty" SD4... (more)
A little more snow than normal for the Columbia River Gorge, particularly in late winter.
UP 8038, 7891, 3843, & 4988 lead a westbound intermodal train.
The late afternoon sun reflects off UP 8038 rounding the curve at Shawmut with an eastbound container train on the former SP Sunset Route
Its a busy afternoon in Bethlehem. A set of light power off the inbound NS 262 RoadRailer slowly rolls through the River Yard back to CP 88, as the crew heads for Allentown Yard. In the distance... (more)
An empty rock train heads back to the quarry in central Texas for another load behind a clean GEVO.
Looking Northwest from Hill 582 (The Classic View) – A UP SD90MAC leads an Eastbound manifest train past the hill at M.P. 58.2 on the BNSF Cajon Subdivision. The rolloff boxes on the f... (more)
Still looking good in it's factory original paint, Union Pacific SD9043MAC 8038 builds a West Colton manifest at UP North Yard in downtown Salt Lake City. The 'We will deliver' slogan on the long ... (more)
Two SD9043MAC's, one in the We Will Deliver scheme, wait their turn just east of North Platte.