Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 7791 - GE AC45CCTE

There were no more trains until we got into Metra territory. We knew we had a westbound freight and a westbound Metra coming. The freight began experiencing issues midway through the train, so we were worried we wouldnt see it. But, dispatch asked if they could drag it to Rochelle to inspect the problem further there at restricted speed. We sat up at the depot in Gevena and grabbed the very long and slow westbound intermodal marching through town.

55P WB at Mad River Connection

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This train featured some UP units that got stuck in a snow drift south of me, and apparently many of these units helped rescue them.

Crawling at 30 MPH to Van Buren: lead unit has a hot axle. 2222 cannot lead. 1049 is about to be dropped off at Van Buren. That leaves no viable power past van buren for this train.

Keeps the main with SB oil train in the siding

The saga of NLKC has just began. It just met a SB coal in Marche and a SB freight in Mayflower. It is currently working through track work and heading for Blackville for a SB oil train, then 2 freights in Spadra and one coal train in Poping.

WB UP Geneva Sub.

Westbound stack train stopped for MOW just east of La Grande.

NS 22Q with UP 7791 on the Right and NS 88K with UP 4908 on the left

A northbound Union Pacific stack train moves north through Dallas and will soon turn west for California.

UPRR 7791 at the Roseville Locomotive Facility

UP Roseville Locomotive Shop

Union Pacific ES44AC #7791 leads a Z-train through McClellan.

Stack train waits on the East wye to enter the Geneva sub from Peoria

UP stack trains pass in the fog east of Rock Springs.

Westbound stacker meets eastbound with UP AC45CCTE 7791 in fog east of Rock Springs.

UP-7791 East waits its turn to go with a grain empty at the elevators at Bliss, Idaho

The back end of SDESL-19 (Operation Lifesaver).

Bouncing up the jointed rail of the De Soto Sub. is UP Train SSCDE 18 on its way to De Soto, MO from Scott City where it ran a series of public OL Trips out of there today. This was shot off the US Highway 60 Overpass.

Deadheading towards Scott City is Operation Lifesaver Special UP Train SPFSC 17 where it will run public OL Trips out of Illmo yard tomorrow before running to De Soto, MO, then St. Louis, and finally Council Bluffs, IA on the 21st.

Slinking into Dexter behind a manifest is Operation Lifesaver Special UP Train SPFSC 17 with UP 1982, UPP 7015, UPP 5483, UPP 114, and UP 7791.

Operation Lifesaver Special UP Train SPFSC 17 blasts through Ash Hill at 70 MPH on its deadhead move from Poplar Bluff to Dexter between public trips.

Operation Lifesaver Special UP Train SPFSC 17 rolls out of Poplar Bluff on a deadhead move to Dexter after 2 morning trips out of town. It will run 3 afternoon trips out of Dexter.

Tied down on the wye in Poplar Bluff Yard is UP 7791 on a 3 car passenger train being used for Operation Lifesaver Specials in the area this month. It was last on UP Train SPAPF 15, it will go out on UP Train SPFSC 17, running trips out of Poplar Bluff and Dexter. UP 1982 is on the other end.