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  1. CP Calgary fall colours

    CP Calgary fall colours

    CP 9714 rolls around the curve before Keith yard, headed west. The fall colours were bright today.
  2. Caboose

    Caboose

    Southern Pacific Cabooose 4743 sits quitely in Flatonia Tx. One can look inside and see the furniture that was used by many conductors,brakemen and switchmen. The sign that reads "Begin Harlingen Block" sits inside. Before UP took over SP, they would place the sign at certain...
  3. WP Sacramento Yard

    WP Sacramento Yard

    A lot used to happen here. Two geeps would drill cars simultaneously on seperate leads for canneries and block cars for setouts while main line trains rolled by to the left side of the pic. Yard ops were marshalled from the little office. WP crews were very friendly and never tired of waving to...
  4. WP Jeffery Shops South Sac Yd

    WP Jeffery Shops South Sac Yd

    WP was still utilizing its car shops in 1979. Something was always moving and it was fun to watch.
  5. UP SD60M 2283 Taylor, Texas

    UP SD60M 2283 Taylor, Texas

    power for the LAW51 local includes freshly painted SD60M 2283 at Taylor
  6. UP 5021

    UP 5021

    Union Pacific SD70M 5021 leads a Northbound manifest down the 1.8% grade at Wicopee siding on the UP's Cascade crossing in Western Oregon.
  7. UP 1982 in Taylor Texas

    UP 1982 in Taylor Texas

    UP 1982 Leads the Ft. Worth - San Antonio manifest out of Taylor, Texas in the rain on Friday morning September 3, 2010
  8. Almost Home

    Almost Home

    The UP's Kennewick (WA) switcher is returning from their interchange with the TCRY (Aug12 @ 2015). They'll soon stop in the Finley yard to rearrange a few more cars before heading back across the Columba River to Wallula.
  9. In Your Face

    In Your Face

    A Southbound UP mixed freight makes it's way off the PSAP and onto the Seattle Sub at Centralia, Washington
  10. East Meeting West

    East Meeting West

    This Eastbound NS Train with the UP 8254 in the lead holds the main in Goodwater, AL as it meets at Eastbound train taking the siding. This is backwards from what normally happens. The spring switch is on the East end of the siding, meaning most meets are with Eastbound trains taking the siding...
  11. UP 4208

    UP 4208

    A northbound UP mixed freight makes it's way down the grade at Wicopee, OR
  12. BOP 98

    BOP 98

    Former gp7u ATSF 2258 is now BOP 98. Here it crosses Military Rd as it travels westwardly to Rio Grande City. At one time, this shortline connected directly with UP as a former Mo-Pac branch, but since 1992 it connects with RVSC. Its UP-like colors were established prior to UP's...
  13. UP 4845

    UP 4845

    SD70M 4845 leads a Northbound baretable train past a water spout near the North switch at Wicopee. The water spout and nearby tower still had water flowing through them, so it appears that the water spout is still usable.
  14. UP 4208

    UP 4208

    SD70M 4208 leads a Northbound manifest train through a cut at Wicopee.
  15. UP 5333

    UP 5333

    UP 5333 leads two other C45ACCTE's "elephant style" on a Northbound manifest train at Wicopee siding on UP's Cascade Crossing. The SP signal bridge will be replaced at some point in the future, part of UP's re-signaling project in Western Oregon.
  16. East end of Rowena

    East end of Rowena

  17. QHKRV on the long fill at Memaloose

    QHKRV on the long fill at Memaloose

  18. UP Katy Heritage 1988

    UP Katy Heritage 1988

    UP 1988, the Katy Heritage Unit sits in the UP yard at Taylor, Texas on May 12, 2010
  19. ex-SP

    ex-SP

    C44-9W Ex-SOUTHERN PACIFIC ahora UNION PACIFIC en MEXICO
  20. EX-SP_F

    EX-SP_F

    Locomotora C44-9W tomada en la TERMINAL DEL VALLE DE MEXICO


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