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  1. Below the End

    Below the End

    The end of a northbound Union Pacific train crossing Cajon wash has UP 6437 as a DPU.
  2. Nearing the End of an Era

    Nearing the End of an Era

    UP 8018 sits at Emeryville waiting for the go-ahead to head east with a long string of loaded auto racks filled with Toyotas from Fremont's NUMMI auto plant. In just two more weeks NUMMI, the last auto plant on the west coast, will close, resulting in the loss of more than 4,000 jobs in the...
  3. Waiting Out the Parade

    Waiting Out the Parade

    A UP vehicle train sits quietly in the hole at Emeryville for a parade of Amtrak traffic. After three Amtrak California trains, UP 8018 East finally got the go-ahead.
  4. Passing American Valley

    Passing American Valley

    An EB UP passes Quincy Jct. It was a controlled siding of 3000 feet and featured a cantilever signal bridge until 1986.
  5. Resaca time

    Resaca time

    A SB UP train tiptoes over one of the many sloughs or resacas of South Texas.
  6. Conrail Quality

    Conrail Quality

    One the way back home from chasing the UP 844, this NS powered UP train headed west to Houston on the UP Lafayette Sub in the town of Ames comes roaring by.
  7. Northbound at Bena

    Northbound at Bena

    UP 5405 leads a manifest as it approaches Bena.
  8. BNSF Under the Lights

    BNSF Under the Lights

    After class on Wednesday night, I took a drive to West Colton to see what I could find. I found BNSF 7767 on the departure tracks ready to lead a train to Barstow.
  9. Approaching Daggett

    Approaching Daggett

    UP 7711 leads a southbound train as it approaches the junction of the UP Cima sub. and BNSF Needles sub.
  10. Miss Katy

    Miss Katy

    still from my video on youtube
  11. Switcher in Harlingen Tx Yard

    Switcher in Harlingen Tx Yard

    Here sits UPY 1464 quietly on a Sunday Morning in Harlingen Tx UP Yard. The yard is being reduced and moving to Olmito Tx because the local officials cited UP would block the main streets for too long.
  12. DPUs on a SB coal train

    DPUs on a SB coal train

    On Saturday 3-13-2010 a southbound coal train crosses over from Main 1 to Main 3 at CP Bailey in Seattle.
  13. Coal trains in Seattle

    Coal trains in Seattle

    A northbound loaded BNSF coal trains meets a southbound UP coal train at CP Lucile.
  14. BNSF 8872 going W

    BNSF 8872 going W

  15. Local Turn

    Local Turn

    A GP40-2 and GP39-2 lead the Union Pacific Wallula Switcher works the Agrium facility at Finley, WA on Wednesday, Feb 17th.
  16. Two Crossings in One

    Two Crossings in One

    The South City Switcher rumbles across 3rd Street in San Francisco. Not only is it running down a street itself, it's also crossing a diamond on the street running stretch of MUNI's T-Third Street line.
  17. UP Train passing old SP depot, Orange TX

    UP Train passing old SP depot, Orange TX

    UP westbound train passing the old SP depot in Orange, Tx. Too bad they are in the process of changing ties in the area. The old SP depot is up for sale.
  18. What does not fit in this photo?

    What does not fit in this photo?

    A BNSF reroute arrives at Grass Lake, CA on UP's Shasta Route.
  19. SB BNSF on UP at Diamond Lake, OR

    SB BNSF on UP at Diamond Lake, OR

    A southbound BNSF manifest is on the UP mainline at Diamond Lake, OR. The only "useable" shot of the day after driving 75 miles to sit for 8 hours and only net 4 trains, including one Amtrak.
  20. Oxman Wings

    Oxman Wings

    Winged leader 8322 helps its older brother 8234 pull a long westbound stack train out of Oxman Curve on the Huntington Subdivision on this 100+ degree August 19th, 2009.


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