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5/12/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Q390
Title:  Q390
Description:  A reliable train for UP power was Q 390, seen here passing the old Blue Circle Cement plant at Solvay.
Photo Date:  7/29/2001  Upload Date: 12/13/2013 1:34:38 AM
Location:  SYRACUSE (CP293), NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6323(SD60M) UP 7551(AC60CW) UP 2241(SD60M)
Views:  993   Comments: 1
Interesting combination
Title:  Interesting combination
Description:  I stopped to get gas at the TA in Ontario, Cal, where, on my last visit 14 years prior, this line had been at grade level. Now it passes high overhead, which is a blessing for road traffic here. While I was filling up, this transfer came by, with a pair of SD 60s fronting a pair of gensets. Til this point, these were the only gensets I had seen. Too bad I was on the dark side.
Photo Date:  3/26/2015  Upload Date: 8/30/2018 5:25:14 AM
Location:  Ontario, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2494(SD60M) UP 2283(SD60M) UPY 2742(3GS21B) UPY 2712(3GS21B)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
Headed to the bridge
Title:  Headed to the bridge
Description:  Q 346 with 117 cars and 9 empty stack platforms heads past the park and to the Tennessee River bridge behind a set of UP power.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/20/2018 4:17:49 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7443(AC45CCTE) UP 2354(SD60M) UP 4017(SD70M) PRLX 664(CW44-6)
Views:  732   Comments: 1
Ferromex unit leads westbound UP train
Title:  Ferromex unit leads westbound UP train
Description:  A Ferromex GE leads a pair of UP units west along K 32 west of Kansas City
Photo Date:  5/7/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 7:45:11 PM
Location:  Edwardsville, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  FXE 4680(ES44AC) UP 4404(SD70M) UP 2416(SD60M)
Views:  819   Comments: 0
Stacks west
Title:  Stacks west
Description:  A westbound stack train rolls through Cozad behind a GE and a pair of older EMDs
Photo Date:  5/27/2000  Upload Date: 2/6/2014 2:21:05 AM
Location:  Cozad, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9705(C44-9W) UP 6101(SD60M)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
Grain for export
Title:  Grain for export
Description:  A westbound grain train seen heading to Portland and eventually to Asia
Photo Date:  4/18/1997  Upload Date: 4/16/2014 12:01:36 AM
Location:  Pendleton, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9424(C41-8W) UP 6124(SD60M) UP 9230(C40-8) UP 3350(SD40-2)
Views:  924   Comments: 0
Quite a mix
Title:  Quite a mix
Description:  Westbound stack with a set of second tier units, including one from BN, rolls west at McNary.
Photo Date:  1/21/2001  Upload Date: 1/21/2014 1:39:24 AM
Location:  McNary, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6139(SD60M) UP 3430(SD40-2) BN 5137(C30-7)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
Van train
Title:  Van train
Description:  UP runs a wide variety of traffic on its Nebraska main. Here a van train behind a GE and a couple of EMDs heads east.
Photo Date:  5/27/2000  Upload Date: 2/6/2014 2:00:42 AM
Location:  Cozad, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7263(AC44CW) UP 8304(SD9043MAC) UP 6168(SD60M)
Views:  657   Comments: 1
Samson of the Plains
Title:  Samson of the Plains
Description:  An eastbound UP train led by a CSX unit rolls over the bridge crossing the Cimarron River between Kismet and Liberal Kan on the ex Rock Island Golden State route. The historical marker at the parking area refers to it as the "Samson of the Plains" due to its great size.
Photo Date:  9/20/1997  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 10:21:00 PM
Location:  Liberal, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7746(C40-8W) UP 6169(SD60M) UP 4296(SD40-2)
Views:  959   Comments: 0
Pigs east
Title:  Pigs east
Description:  A grab shot from the truck on I 84 gets a new SD60M and a Cotton Belt GP60 on an eastbound trailer train.
Photo Date:  4/18/1997  Upload Date: 4/16/2014 12:00:42 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6172(SD60M) SSW 9705(GP60)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
Grain west
Title:  Grain west
Description:  A westbound grain train seem from a rest area on I 84
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:52:00 AM
Location:  The Dalles, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6251(SD60M) CNW 8662(C44-9W) UP 6174(SD60M)
Views:  704   Comments: 1
Still winter
Title:  Still winter
Description:  A westbound rolls through a late spring snow in Wyoming
Photo Date:  4/20/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:57:46 AM
Location:  Tie Siding, WY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9736(C44-9W) UP 6241(AC44CW) UP 6185(SD60M)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
Rock Island country
Title:  Rock Island country
Description:  A westbound rolls through the farthest of the far flung reaches of the Rocks empire, between Tucmcari and Santa Rosa. This was Rock owned, but SP operated til the Rock quit in 1980, when SP acquired Rock's part of the mine to Kansas City. Now it's all UP.
Photo Date:  9/21/1997  Upload Date: 3/19/2014 2:07:58 AM
Location:  Santa Rosa, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6192(SD60M) SSW 8065(B40-8)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
Both types of 60s
Title:  Both types of 60s
Description:  A pair of SD60s, one widecab, one standard, have this westbound in hand
Photo Date:  5/26/2000  Upload Date: 2/21/2014 1:39:46 AM
Location:  Cozad, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6236(SD60M) UP 6049(SD60)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
Stack with an SP unit
Title:  Stack with an SP unit
Description:  SPs big power mostly went to the coal trains, but the other units could show up anywhere, as this tunnel motor on a stack train
Photo Date:  5/27/2000  Upload Date: 2/6/2014 2:16:41 AM
Location:  Cozad, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6278(SD60M) SP 5397(SD40T-2) UP 3908(SD40-2)
Views:  714   Comments: 1
Along the river
Title:  Along the river
Description:  The Columbia River has no end to pretty spots. Heres a westbound at one of them.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:29:16 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8674(C44-9W) UP 6281(SD60M)
Views:  687   Comments: 1
Must have caught up to this one again
Title:  Must have caught up to this one again
Description:  Shot this guy twice, both times in scenic locations. Cant beat the gorge.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:31:24 AM
Location:  Rufus, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8674(C44-9W) UP 6281(SD60M)
Views:  696   Comments: 1
Inbound to Clearing
Title:  Inbound to Clearing
Description:  A UP train off the CNW heads for BRCs Clearing Yard.
Photo Date:  1/14/1996  Upload Date: 7/29/2012 4:26:11 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6307(SD60M) UP 9487(C41-8W)
Views:  744   Comments: 0
UP on the IHB
Title:  UP on the IHB
Description:  A Union Pacific transfer works south on the IHB
Photo Date:  4/28/1996  Upload Date: 5/10/2014 3:30:25 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6307(SD60M) UP 9487(C41-8W)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
Westbound
Title:  Westbound
Description:  A westbound with typical power for the time rolls past the rest area at Boardman along I 84. UP had just taken over CNW, and their power was really starting to integrate into UPs fleet. Because CNW power could lead on UP, it often was found in that position.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:23:07 AM
Location:  Boardman, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CNW 8614(C44-9W) UP 6330(SD60M)
Views:  739   Comments: 1
Through the trees
Title:  Through the trees
Description:  A westbound with aUP SD60M and a CNW SD40-2 roll west as seen from a rest area along I84.
Photo Date:  4/15/1996  Upload Date: 7/31/2012 10:17:11 PM
Location:  Multnomah, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6334(SD60M)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
On the water
Title:  On the water
Description:  A westbound rolls along the river.
Photo Date:  4/17/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 2:46:39 AM
Location:  Hood River, OR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6355(SD60M) CNW 8658(C44-9W) UP 9446(C41-8W)
Views:  714   Comments: 0


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