Loads of SD70M locomotives are siitng in North Platte.
UP 4350 and NS 3660 haul NS Train 223 east through Wentzville, Mo. on the NS STL District as the D67 local pulls out of the GM Lead.
While this slow freight was idling, a UP diesel passed.
Second unit on a westbound covered hopper grain train pulling into the siding for meet
UP 4350 heads east in the late morning
yard
UP 8894 leads a stack train West at Fernley.
UP 7709 @ 4350
UP 7709 @ 4350
UP Loaded Sand Train Eastbound to Adams,Wi.
UP 4350 and others leads a north bound freight towards the yard for a new crew on Union Pacific's Chester Sub.
An intermodal rolls across an old SP wooden trestle a few miles from it's final destination at Hutchins Yard.
UP 7610 crests the second of three big grades on the Oregon Short Line at Telocaset.
UP 7610 Eastbound at Union Jct., OR as snow squalls move across the wide valley.
Just west of La Grande, OR.
UP 4350
Westbound UPRR Roseville, CA to San Jose, CA manifest train MRVSJ-07 passes through Pinole, CA on the UPRR Martinez Subdivision - UP SD70M 4350, UP SD9043MAC 8177, UP ES44AC 5390, 15 cars, and ETD UPRQ 62426.
Westbound UPRR Roseville, CA to San Jose, CA manifest train MRVSJ-07 passes through Pinole, CA on the UPRR Martinez Subdivision - UP SD70M 4350, UP SD9043MAC 8177, UP ES44AC 5390, 15 cars, and ETD UPRQ 62426.
Westbound UPRR Roseville, CA to San Jose, CA manifest train MRVSJ-07 passes through Pinole, CA on the UPRR Martinez Subdivision - UP SD70M 4350, UP SD9043MAC 8177, UP ES44AC 5390, 15 cars, and ETD UPRQ 62426.
The daily UP westbound manifest going through the small town of Smithboro, IL. This train is normally a one by one, so I was surprised to see both engines on the head end.
The diesel shops at UP's Bailey Yard.
This was what I was trying to get but with an eastbound. A westbound still shows the effect pretty good though.
After an hour wait.
High winds and tornadoes knocked out power, blew down trees, and the power line in the background south of here. The Jonesboro Sub. and all the trains north of Piggott, AR were halted for a while, offering this shot with the sun setting under the passing clouds on the back of the storm system. This was shortly before...more storms.