Northbound UP 8188 is coming off the causeway over Lake Moredock on the UP Chester Sub. They have a high and wide load a few cars back and it's been slow going, stopping to let other trains pass.
With only a minute or 2 left daylight, an eastbound autorack train waits for a clear signal to continue east on the Overland Route, while a tractor trailer heads in the same direction on US Route ... (more)
A Soutbound Union Pacific manifest at the Longhorn Trail crossing just south of Enid, OK. The train has just passed Vance AFB, one of the four USAF pilot training bases.
A brand new GE ES44AH leads Union Pacific's North Platte to West Colton manifest through Salt Lake City on Sept. 14, 2014.
Union pacific SD9043MAC 8188 leads its train through the curves at Point of Rocks, NE.
UP 8188 heads across Iowa into the setting sun, looking for coal.
The Union Pacific's busy mainline and Highway 30 curve into each other before a long straight stretch.
Changing crews in Clinton, IA.
Cutting across Iowa at the end of the day.
The train crew was probably wondering why I was 2 inches above the puddle.