Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 8139 - EMD SD9043MAC

The MBTHO-13 (Manifest Beaumont, TX-Houston, TX Settegast Yard) is sitting at Mesa in Houston, TX, with a SD90/43MAC.

Corn Train.

A pair of big EMD's leads a train along US 30 on the old CNW. US 30 is a prime train watching road, as it follows the former CNW, now the UP, and UP proper, for most of the distance from western Illinois to Portland.

An eastbound UP train on the ex CNW splits a pair of signals as it blasts through Mechanicsville Iowa.

A pair of UP Big Macs are bringing CN 280 southbound along the Holly Subdivision at Clay Avenue in Detroit.

A pair of UP Big Macs are bringing CN 280 southbound along the Holly Subdivision at Caniff Street io Detroit.

Union Pacific SD9043MAC #8139 was built April 1997

UP 8139 is seen here moving lite powered towards the end of Belt Yard to get onto another track and tie onto some cars.

LTB-84 and power for the SSPPR sit at Belt Yard before making some switch moves.

UP 8139 leads UP 4213 and Q68614 towards St. Louis

UP's 8131 SD90/43MAC in DPU service on the QEWWC-06.

Two different types of UP units that are being used in DPU service on the QEWWC-06. The is lead DPU unit.

UP 8139 (SD9043MAC) and fellow unit CSX 7500 (C40-8) have been pulled into the clear on a normally unused portion of track M-04 in the CSX middle yard and tied down awaiting the call to head north to Montgomery. All of the tracks in the foreground have now been ripped out and replaced with new rail, ties and ballast to support local yard operations in Dothan, AL. And, needless to say, the weeds are long gone now as the newly rebuilt middle yard is heavily used in 2009 operations.

UP 8139

UP 8139

I had to get a shot of the elevator. Everybody else did. Too bad its gone now

UP's MBTHO-13 waits at Mesa to get into Houston.

UP 8139 passing the Mankato Depot.