#4014 cruises through the famous Blue Island Junction, crossing the diamonds with the former Grand Trunk Western. This was a popular location for the photographers today and railroad police office... (more)

After an unscheduled service stop in town, UP Big Boy 4014 crosses the Kankakee River in Momence on a perfect afternoon.

The Big Boy departs Watseka after making its scheduled service stop. Watseka's population is a little over 5,000. That number easily quadrupled today with the arrival of the Union Pacific's living... (more)

UP 7234 leads a Global 2 to Los Angeles intermodal train just east of Mechanicsville, IA. This was taken one day after UP had axed ATC cab signals on the former C&NW mainline across Iowa and Illin... (more)

The living legend rumbles across the Illinois countryside on part of the Union Pacific "Heartland of America Tour".

The largest steam locomotive ever built splits the signals and races across Nebraska from N. Platte to Grand Island.

Along the Dotsero Cutoff, the tracks cross from one side of the Colorado River to the other multiple time. One such bridge is right around MP 149.5 in red canyon. I am not sure if red canyon is th... (more)

In 1906, surveyors for David Moffat decided that Gore Canyon was the route the railroad would take on its way west. Four tunnels were built through some of the solid rock faces. 118 years later, a... (more)

Big Boy 4014 Rolls in to downtown Bell Plaine Iowa for a stop on the 2024 Midwest Tour

Big Boy 4014 Rolls Eastbound through farm country, just West of Carroll Iowa on the 2024 Midwest tour

Hershey Heatwaves | Churning out plenty of hot exhaust, a westbound manifest train picks up speed as it rolls through Hershey, NE shortly after departing Bailey Yard in North Platte on a su... (more)

Heading east out of North Platte, NE, a double-length loaded coal train is beginning its journey down the Kearney Subdivision on a sunny August 31, 2024 afternoon. A single GE motor serves as the ... (more)

A westbound train of auto racks enters the crew change point of Fremont, NE with a pair of Conrail SDs behind the UP leader. Fuji Velvia.

Coal Empties At North Platte | Rolling through the center of North Platte, NE, a westbound train of empty coal hoppers approaches Bailey Yard on the sunny afternoon of Saturday, August 31, ... (more)

A UP S Train pulls around the S Curves that approaches KC Union Station to a stop as they await an incoming UP and BNSF Train.