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5/8/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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UP 5716 East cruises through Ames, NE.
Title:  UP 5716 East cruises through Ames, NE.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/3/2011  Upload Date: 10/4/2011 3:05:26 PM
Location:  Ames, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5716(AC44CWCTE) UP 3786(SD70M) UP 6809(AC44CW) UP 8002(SD9043MAC) UP 8487(SD70ACe) UP 7784(AC45CCTE)
Views:  1013   Comments: 0
Two views of UP 3843 West-I
Title:  Two views of UP 3843 West-I
Description:  Usta be this was quaint current of traffic railroad, but CTC was extended through here just a few years ago.
Photo Date:  3/14/2012  Upload Date: 3/30/2012 12:14:41 AM
Location:  Schuyler, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3843(SD70M) UP 4792(SD70M)
Views:  450   Comments: 0
Two views of UP 3843 West-II
Title:  Two views of UP 3843 West-II
Description:  Nebraska: tangent track, grain elevators.
Photo Date:  3/14/2012  Upload Date: 3/30/2012 12:15:46 AM
Location:  Schuyler, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3843(SD70M) UP 4792(SD70M)
Views:  414   Comments: 2
UP 3852
Title:  UP 3852
Description:  A westbound manifest enroute North Platte departs Fremont, NE
Photo Date:  1/13/2010  Upload Date: 3/15/2010 7:26:25 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3852(SD70M)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
UP 4433 East
Title:  UP 4433 East
Description:  passing the block signals at MP31.5 along a segment of current of traffic double track.
Photo Date:  1/4/2012  Upload Date: 1/17/2012 1:21:09 AM
Location:  Mercer, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4433(SD70M) CSX 8209(SD40-2) UP 3865(SD70M)
Views:  676   Comments: 0
UP 6788
Title:  UP 6788
Description:  UP 6788 drops down the Boyer River valley with a short manifest; shot from the US 30 overpass.
Photo Date:  4/8/2012  Upload Date: 4/10/2012 12:09:02 AM
Location:  Logan, IA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6788(AC44CW) UP 7004(AC44CW) UP 6304(AC44CW) UP 4656(SD70M) UP 3866(SD70M)
Views:  1079   Comments: 2
UP 6788 West
Title:  UP 6788 West
Description:  After meeting a coal train at Missouri Valley, the 6788 West heads down the single track toward Council Bluffs, passing beneath the old IC overpass.
Photo Date:  4/8/2012  Upload Date: 4/10/2012 12:09:57 AM
Location:  Loveland, IA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6788(AC44CW) UP 7004(AC44CW) UP 6304(AC44CW) UP 4656(SD70M) UP 3866(SD70M)
Views:  1049   Comments: 0
UP 3867
Title:  UP 3867
Description:  A southbound manifest from Sioux City enroute Council Bluffs, IA negotiates the west leg of the wye at Missouri Valley, IA on a bitter cold January afternoon.
Photo Date:  1/12/2010  Upload Date: 3/15/2010 1:22:27 PM
Location:  Missouri Valley, IA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3867(SD70M)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
Heartland Classic
Title:  Heartland Classic
Description:  UP 3883 hustles an eastbound manifest through Lovelaid, IA on a mild June afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/29/2010  Upload Date: 7/3/2010 11:37:27 AM
Location:  Loveland, IA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3883(SD70M)
Views:  714   Comments: 7
UP 5561
Title:  UP 5561
Description:  Rolling eastbound at MP 31
Photo Date:  3/31/2012  Upload Date: 4/9/2012 11:13:05 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5561(AC44CWCTE) UP 3900(SD70M)
Views:  593   Comments: 0
Out of a summers afternoon
Title:  Out of a summers afternoon
Description:  UP3903 leads an automobile train down the Boyer River valley between Logan and Missouri Valley, IA
Photo Date:  8/25/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 8:29:13 AM
Location:  Logan, IA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3903(SD70M) UP 4659(SD70M)
Views:  825   Comments: 1
Two views of UP 4421 West-I
Title:  Two views of UP 4421 West-I
Description:  UP 4421 westbound through Missouri Valley, IA.
Photo Date:  12/8/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 1:07:45 AM
Location:  Missouri Valley, IA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4421(SD70M) UP 3933(SD70M)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
Two views of UP 4421 West-II
Title:  Two views of UP 4421 West-II
Description:  UP 4421 bring a westbound manifest through Missouri Valley, IA
Photo Date:  12/8/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 1:07:35 AM
Location:  Missouri Valley, IA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4421(SD70M) UP 3933(SD70M)
Views:  444   Comments: 1
UP 8703
Title:  UP 8703
Description:  Eastbound double-stacks. I love the sound of an accelerating ACe, and this is a fairly new one.
Photo Date:  12/8/2011  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 1:30:05 AM
Location:  Missouri Valley, IA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8703(SD70ACe) UP 3935(SD70M)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
UP 3949
Title:  UP 3949
Description:  Westbound manifest at sundown
Photo Date:  8/11/2014  Upload Date: 8/31/2014 2:25:20 AM
Location:  North Bend, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 3949(SD70M)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
UP 4718 West
Title:  UP 4718 West
Description:  Getting underway for North Platte on a late January afternoon.
Photo Date:  1/26/2012  Upload Date: 1/31/2012 10:05:27 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4718(SD70M) UP 3977(SD70M)
Views:  637   Comments: 2
BNSF 5272 leadsZa coal train
Title:  BNSF 5272 leadsZa coal train
Description:  The DPU units on this outfit were BNSF 736, UP 6615 and BNSF 5364.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:12:41 AM
Location:  Caliente, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5272(C44-9W) UP 4006(SD70M) UP 6393(AC44CW) SP 329(AC44CW)
Views:  797   Comments: 1
Early Autumn
Title:  Early Autumn
Description:  A rather busy afternoon around Fremont with UP 7842 bringing a 2+2 double stack outfit west across the BNSF diamonds and a bit of color in what passes for autumn in the Heartland.
Photo Date:  9/26/2011  Upload Date: 10/4/2011 2:31:43 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7842(AC45CCTE) UP 4008(SD70M)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
UP 8641 East
Title:  UP 8641 East
Description:  Eastbound manifest slowing for a crew change east of town.
Photo Date:  12/17/2011  Upload Date: 12/19/2011 6:45:52 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8641(SD70ACe) UP 9745(C44-9W) UP 4017(SD70M)
Views:  649   Comments: 1
West of The Dalles
Title:  West of The Dalles
Description:  West of The Dalles the gorge begins to sprout vegetation as the environment becomes less arid. UP 4033 is hot-footing down the valley with a manifest on a warm and pleasant afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/10/2012  Upload Date: 5/8/2013 1:08:10 PM
Location:  Rowena, OR
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4033(SD70M)
Views:  177   Comments: 1
Following blocks
Title:  Following blocks
Description:  NS 9545 has another intermodal outfit and is catching approach signals with the 9598 running ahead of it as it moves through a brief tangent between Allegrippus and Cold curves.
Photo Date:  10/16/2010  Upload Date: 11/5/2010 2:07:30 PM
Location:  Allegrippus, PA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9545(C40-9W) UP 4044(SD70M) NS 6683(SD60)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
The folks who live on the hill
Title:  The folks who live on the hill
Description:  Given my druthers, Id prefer a porch closer to the tracks, however, the folks who live on this hill seem to have a fine vista. UP 7769 enters two main tracks at the north end of Cable.
Photo Date:  4/24/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:53:29 PM
Location:  Cable, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7769(AC45CCTE) UP 4098(SD70M)
Views:  476   Comments: 2
Summer dream
Title:  Summer dream
Description:  UP 7675 embellishes a lovely June afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/23/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:42:00 AM
Location:  Troxel, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7675(AC45CCTE) UP 4101(SD70M)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
UP 4111
Title:  UP 4111
Description:  Grab shot of UP 4111 East crossing the Deschutes River.
Photo Date:  8/18/2011  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 3:31:46 PM
Location:  Celilo, OR
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4111(SD70M)
Views:  421   Comments: 1
Graffiti Train - I
Title:  Graffiti Train - I
Description:  Many railroads operate these graffiti trains. Here is a rolling pop art museum that I encountered at Fremont one day.
Photo Date:  11/7/2010  Upload Date: 11/15/2010 11:28:18 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4435(SD70M) UP 4113(SD70M)
Views:  590   Comments: 0
ABS Current of Traffic
Title:  ABS Current of Traffic
Description:  Rule 251 territory back in the day and Rule 9.14 territory nowadays - movement with the current of traffic is an aspect of railroading that is fast disappearing on many subdivisions with new signal installations. It still exists along a short segment of the Council Bluffs Sub between Mercer and Pacific Street. Spring is busting out allover as UP 4503 brings an eastbound manifest past the MP31 signals on a pleasant afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/24/2012  Upload Date: 3/25/2012 11:40:46 PM
Location:  Mercer, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4503(SD70M) UP 4159(SD70M)
Views:  487   Comments: 1
UP 7738
Title:  UP 7738
Description:  A hour long lull in traffic is broken by UP 7738
Photo Date:  5/4/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 1:12:42 PM
Location:  Walong, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7738(AC45CCTE) UP 4168(SD70M)
Views:  481   Comments: 1
UP 4321
Title:  UP 4321
Description:  Splitting the signals at MP 31
Photo Date:  3/6/2012  Upload Date: 3/29/2012 11:58:35 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4321(SD70M) UP 4191(SD70M) UP 9405(C40-8W)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
Sneaking around the corner
Title:  Sneaking around the corner
Description:  UP 5642 follows the Snake as it heads eastward from Glenns Ferry.
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 4/1/2010 12:26:15 AM
Location:  Glenns Ferry, ID
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8001(SD9043MAC) UP 5612(AC44CWCTE) UP 5604(AC44CWCTE) UP 4200(SD70M) UP 5642(AC44CWCTE) UP 5002(SD70M)
Views:  1298   Comments: 0
UP 5642
Title:  UP 5642
Description:  A 6+1 DPU manifest rolls east.
Photo Date:  8/14/2009  Upload Date: 4/1/2010 12:37:06 AM
Location:  Glenns Ferry, ID
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5612(AC44CWCTE) UP 5642(AC44CWCTE) UP 8001(SD9043MAC) UP 5002(SD70M) UP 5604(AC44CWCTE) UP 4200(SD70M)
Views:  1345   Comments: 0
UP 7664 West
Title:  UP 7664 West
Description:  A short distance west of Rowena as seen from old US30.
Photo Date:  8/18/2011  Upload Date: 2/2/2012 3:51:00 PM
Location:  Rowena, OR
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7664(AC45CCTE) UP 4201(SD70M)
Views:  523   Comments: 0
Leaving town
Title:  Leaving town
Description:  UP 5520 West is among some seven or eight intermodal trains that passed within a couple hours.
Photo Date:  11/7/2010  Upload Date: 11/15/2010 11:46:23 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5520(AC45CCTE) UP 4208(SD70M)
Views:  603   Comments: 3
Graffiti Train
Title:  Graffiti Train
Description:  UP 7193 Westbound at Ames with a string of ARMN easels.
Photo Date:  11/1/2011  Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:11:03 PM
Location:  Ames, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7193(CM44AC) UP 4212(SD70M)
Views:  504   Comments: 2030043137
UP 2363 East
Title:  UP 2363 East
Description:  Seldom seen in these parts nowadays, a couple 60Ms roll east
Photo Date:  1/4/2012  Upload Date: 1/17/2012 1:15:16 AM
Location:  Mercer, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2363(SD60M) UP 2267(SD60M) UP 4212(SD70M)
Views:  802   Comments: 1
Confirmation at Cienega Creek
Title:  Confirmation at Cienega Creek
Description:  After the eastbound passed, I found a spot on a hillside where I could watch it slowly coil its way through the desert landscape and, with luck, spy any westbounds approaching. I suppose a scanner would be wise, but after 40+ years of using and monitoring the radio Id just as soon listen to the birds. Well, I thought I was seeing the eastbound consist moving away off in the distance, and then noticed it was a westbound. So I scrambled down the hill and was blessed with a nice afternoon manifest.
Photo Date:  4/13/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 1:18:11 PM
Location:  Cienega Creek, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7649(AC45CCTE) UP 4227(SD70M)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
Make my day
Title:  Make my day
Description:  UP 7649, the lone westbound until after dark, makes the journey worthwhile.
Photo Date:  4/13/2010  Upload Date: 4/24/2010 1:22:19 PM
Location:  Cienega Creek, AZ
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7649(AC45CCTE) UP 4227(SD70M)
Views:  576   Comments: 1
Flat car fortune
Title:  Flat car fortune
Description:  UP4877 East has stopped for a crew change at Fremont and the cut of flat cars prevented being totally blocked from vantage of the 8574 getting underway with a North Platte-bound manifest.
Photo Date:  8/30/2010  Upload Date: 8/31/2010 8:54:09 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8574(SD70ACe) UP 9664(C44-9W) UP 4238(SD70M)
Views:  852   Comments: 0
UP 4246
Title:  UP 4246
Description:  UP 4246 leads a trio of SD-70Ms past the imposing grain elevator at Troxel, NE.
Photo Date:  3/6/2012  Upload Date: 3/29/2012 11:48:58 PM
Location:  Troxel, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4246(SD70M) UP 4903(SD70M) UP 4855(SD70M)
Views:  855   Comments: 2
UP 8697 North
Title:  UP 8697 North
Description:  An intermodal outfit comes through the deep cut near Marcel at sundown.
Photo Date:  5/3/2012  Upload Date: 7/14/2012 12:10:20 AM
Location:  Marcel, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8697(SD70ACe) UP 4276(SD70M)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
UP 4330 departing Fremont
Title:  UP 4330 departing Fremont
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/24/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 12:09:52 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4330(SD70M)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
From out of the afternoon
Title:  From out of the afternoon
Description:  UP 4349 ascends the grade between Tunnel Nos. 1 and 2. One can see the pkrtal of Tunnel No.5 and the grade at Clifz in the upper right of this image; some four and a half miles distant by rail.
Photo Date:  4/10/2010  Upload Date: 4/22/2010 2:24:57 PM
Location:  Allard, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4349(SD70M)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
UP 7610 in the Blues
Title:  UP 7610 in the Blues
Description:  Just west of La Grande, OR.
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:23:22 AM
Location:  La Grande, OR
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7610(AC45CCTE) UP 9509(C41-8W) UP 4444(SD70M) UP 4350(SD70M)
Views:  878   Comments: 0
Endangered searchlights
Title:  Endangered searchlights
Description:  UP 7610 crests the second of three big grades on the Oregon Short Line at Telocaset.
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:28:57 AM
Location:  Telocaset, OR
Author: 
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7610(AC45CCTE) UP 9509(C41-8W) UP 4350(SD70M) UP 4444(SD70M)
Views:  887   Comments: 0
Eastbound manifest
Title:  Eastbound manifest
Description:  UP 7610 Eastbound at Union Jct., OR as snow squalls move across the wide valley.
Photo Date:  4/28/2011  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:26:41 AM
Location:  Union Junction, OR
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7610(AC45CCTE) UP 9509(C41-8W) UP 4444(SD70M) UP 4350(SD70M)
Views:  806   Comments: 0
Hot on the tail
Title:  Hot on the tail
Description:  Chasing the 5762 West came UP 4379 with another lengthy manifest.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/23/2010 12:13:22 PM
Location:  Kennard, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4379(SD70M) UP 4833(SD70M)
Views:  609   Comments: 0
A glint of September sun
Title:  A glint of September sun
Description:  As the days inexorably become shorter, the waning sun reflects from the SD-70Ms outstretched wings.
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 9/23/2010 12:16:54 PM
Location:  Kennard, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4379(SD70M) UP 4833(SD70M)
Views:  588   Comments: 0
UP 8247
Title:  UP 8247
Description:  A northbound manifest at Bealville with its rear-end power just being swallowed by Tunneo No.5.
Photo Date:  4/10/2010  Upload Date: 4/22/2010 2:04:39 PM
Location:  Bealville, CA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8247(SD9043MAC) UP 4417(SD70M) UP 4679(SD70M)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
UP 8561 West
Title:  UP 8561 West
Description:  A westbound manifest arrives at Fremont on a record breaking ninety-one degree Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/31/2012  Upload Date: 4/9/2012 11:09:10 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4424(SD70M) UP 8561(SD70ACe)
Views:  473   Comments: 1
Drifting into town
Title:  Drifting into town
Description:  UP 7914 East slows for a re-crew in Fremont, NE on a November afternoon.
Photo Date:  11/7/2010  Upload Date: 11/15/2010 11:45:14 AM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7914(AC45CCTE) UP 4510(SD70M)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
UP 7976
Title:  UP 7976
Description:  A clean new GE leads a string of intermodal boxes.
Photo Date:  2/5/2013  Upload Date: 2/10/2013 5:39:13 PM
Location:  Fremont, NE
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7976(AC45CCTE) UP 4512(SD70M) UP 8414(SD70ACe) UP 5551(AC45CCTE)
Views:  824   Comments: 1


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