The AAPRCO Spring Meeting special passes over the Mississippi River into Clinton. The special is operating from Chicago to Kansas City via Clinton and the Spine Line. UP 8800 is required for cab... (more)
The hot City of Industry, CA to Global 1, IL Z- train races through the small town of Carroll, IA on its eastward trip across the Midwest.
For the past 40 miles these 2 trains have been side by side running west as the auto train over takes this empty coal train. Light eastbound traffic allowed for the dispatcher to run west on both ... (more)
This coal train is sporting some of the latest new UP power in the form of an EMD SD70ACe-T4. 3 of them are in a 2x1 DP setup as this roll this empty westbound from Waukegan, WI, towards Black Thu... (more)
I been working in Cedar Rapids couple times a week the past month. I've seen the UP sometimes runs a Beverly Yard turn to their North Yard around mid-day. This is how the UP moves car to and from ... (more)
Union Pacific's Olympic Torch Relay Train is departing Council Bluffs in late 2001 to head to Atlanta where the cauldron car would be lit with the Olympic flame and the train would begin the two m... (more)
One of the GE C60/44AC "convertibles" is about to duck under the IC overpass west of Woodbine, IA
An 70ACe pushes on the back of this empty coal train as they work thru central Iowa on the UP's North Platte to Chicago corridor. The train is 109 miles west of Clinton as they pass thru the small... (more)
Located in southeastern Benton County, this sleepy little town of 118 people sits along the busy UP double main thru Iowa. The Clinton Sub is part of the mainline that connects North Platte and Ch... (more)
The Chicago & North Western Heritage engine slowly rolls westbound towards the crew change point at Clinton.
A westbound Z train pulls up to the pad in Clinton for a crew change.
UP 5021 is on the point of a westbound manifest train on the west side of the bridge. You can see the old tracks to the Kate Shelley High Bridge in the background and how the new bridge location i... (more)
UP 8551 leads an eastbound intermodal train exiting the new bridge on the east side, curving back to original track location.
An eastbound UP coal load skirts the old Kate Shelley High Bridge by crossing the Des Moines River utilizing the newly built bridge to the north.