A train makes quick work of the climb from Laramie using the original alignment. Straighter (i.e. shorter) but steeper, this train is well powered to make the climb quickly.
UP's hot ZMQLA runs wrong main around slower westbound traffic at Cabazon. MOW between Beaumont and Banning had the Yuma Sub snarled up this afternoon.
As you know, appearances can be deceiving: Union Pacific power leads a Utah Railway IPPX coal empty east at West Summit on UP's Provo Subdivision. The lead motor, UP 6418 was built the SP 372 in O... (more)