Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 6005 - GE AC44CWCTE

The entire eastbound stack, all 84 platforms and TOFC of it, rolls toward Belen, its tail end just clearing the westbound signals.

The eastbound stack now building speed, rolls through the eastbound signals at Rio Puerco.

The first eastbound starts up, the interloper UP unit giving up some smoke as it starts to move.

The DPU on the oil train rolls away as the eastbound stack rolls up

As the stack stops to keep clear of the crossing, we see that it doesnt take long for things to back up on the Transcon, as another eastbound appears in the distance.

The eastbound we saw in the distance crawls up to the crossing, as he waits for the signal to clear.

Not an uncommon sight on the Transcon. The westbound stacks containers roll away from us, as the next eastbound comes up at a crawl.

The entire consist of the westbound Chief heads west on the south track, as the eastbound approaches the interlocking.

Going away shot of the Southwest Chiefs last car as it rolls through the point where the north and south tracks split. An eastbound is in the distance.

East End of Erie Passing Siding.

East End of Erie Passing Siding.

East End of Erie Passing Siding.

East End of Erie Passing Siding.

West End of Erie Passing Siding.

West End of Erie Passing Siding.

West End of Erie Passing Siding.

A lot of power waits just north of Porubsky's curve!

10 engines! Must be a heavy train, haha!

Q530 is spotting cars in the yard at New Johnsonville.

The CCLBT9-05 (Coal Empties Coleto Creek, TX-Black Thunder Mine, WY) heads north on UP’s Navasota Sub.

We went to an escape room later in the day. This one was a Crazy Cat Lady Escape Room where we had to try to navigate the steps in trying to escape an apartment building full of cats. We got 89% of the way done. Might have been easier to get through if Toby would have stopped finding clues before we needed them. Anyways, we then went to McDonalds so I could eat some lunch. The McDonalds in the Dells is pretty neat. It is in a very large log cabin. As soon as we got our food I heard the horn of a westbound train, so I jumped out of the car and raced to the other side of the highway, and caught counterpart coal train CP 812 crossing the Wisconsin River with the highway and the dam up front. Would have bee nice if the street lamps would not have been in the way on the hgihway, but it still made for an interesting shot.

UP Engine 6005, part of IAIS and NS lashup at E 7th, Des Moines IA

IAIS Engines 700 711, UP Engine 6005 and NS 9846, switching cars at E 7th, Des Moines IA

NS 686 loaded coal unit train....

Eastbound leaving after being refueled

Loaded coal train U-705.

ETRX empties

Q605-14 UP engine 6005 has a mediun approach, mainline to siding track south out.

Flagged GE taking UP Train GBEBBP 04 east on the UP River Sub. at Ferguson Road.

I dont take many roster shots but this one begged to be placed in the bag.

UP 6005 is the DPU on a southbound coal train. Late afternoon lighting makes this a very good photo location from a Flore County Road in Oklahoma.

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