UP's MGJNY eases up to the signal at 'Troublesome' to meet the CMSEY. Both trains quickly realized that they were both too long for the meet and after a lengthy conversation with the dispatcher th... (more)
UP's MGJNY accelerates out of the siding at 'Troublesome' after a meet gone wrong with a westbound coal empty. Both trains were too long for the meet at 'Troublesome' so the empty coal train was f... (more)
Freezing fog and light snow shrouds Tunnel #4 at Plainview, Colorado as UP 8530 (SD70ACe) leads the Grand Junction to Denver freight down the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
Coal loads exit the twin tunnels at Thistle, catching the soft glow at dusk along the realigned right-of-way, rebuilt after a massive landslide blocked the canyon and wiped out the original D&RGW ... (more)
With their dynamic breaks howling, UP coal loads fight gravity descending the horse-shoe shaped Gilluly Loop at a crawl speed after setting off their four pack of manned helpers at Soldier Summit.... (more)
Coal loads howl up the grade through the Price River Canyon with the front end power, four pack of manned helpers, and rear DPU giving it all they've got restricted to 10mph in a grand spectacle o... (more)
The deep labored roar from a brace of three modern Union Pacific motors echoes through the tall pines that line Donner's eastern slope at Eder as SD70ACe 8530 nears the Summit of the Donner grade ... (more)
Only a few moments of sunlight are left as a westbound Union Pacific manifest having just made the run over Donner Pass rolls through the town of Colfax.