Nearing the summit of Logan Hill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin is a southbound Union Pacific coal train grinding up the grade late in the afternoon of June 25, 2022.
With the impending demise of the Coast Line Oil Cans, I spent the end of 2018 trying to catch them whenever I could. On this morning, I ventured over to the LA River for a shot there. Much to my s... (more)
A UP grain shuttle emerges from dramatic storm lighting at Echo on May 18, 2015.
A Union Pacific grain empty crests 6824 ft. Wahsatch summit at the top of the 1.14% Echo Canyon grade on May 1, 2015.
UP 8748 West snakes its way across the terrain near Comstock, Texas. This train was a hotshot called out of Del Rio, Texas but didn't get rolling again until MofWay cleared at Amistad siding.
Yard Center to Mexico Stack train heads south through the small farming community of Derby, Texas on hot April evening.
A brand new ACE leads a stack train into Global 3 outside of Rochelle.
A clean UP SD40T-2 leads three other units with a short westbound manifest at Spadra, crossing Temple Avenue.
The UP8748, ex-4478, ex-SP8388 holds for a yellow at the yard lead to W. Oakland's Homestead Yard. The T-2 with a SD40-2 had just backed the MRVOA from Jack London Sq. into the yard and now waits ... (more)