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Title: |
The clouds part for the 5458 |
Description: |
A brief ray of sunlight casts its benign presence above UP 5458 following two BNSF intermodals north through Woodford. |
Photo Date: |
4/11/2010 Upload Date: 4/23/2010 11:01:44 AM |
Location: |
Woodford, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5458(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
189 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Coming and going |
Description: |
UP 5461 arrivs at Bealville while its DPU power leaves Cliff. The train is in both Tunnels Nos. 3 and 5. |
Photo Date: |
4/24/2011 Upload Date: 1/26/2012 1:03:46 AM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5461(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
157 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Not quite spring |
Description: |
UP 5468 slams through the control point at McGinn on a 69 degree January evening. |
Photo Date: |
1/30/2012 Upload Date: 1/31/2012 10:32:40 PM |
Location: |
North Bend, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5468(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
134 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Rural Nebraska |
Description: |
US 30 is to the UP what Route 66 was to the AT&SF - paralleling the railroad for vast distances. The long shadows of sunset after 5pm speak of steadily lengthier days - a welcome sign. |
Photo Date: |
1/30/2012 Upload Date: 1/31/2012 10:35:18 PM |
Location: |
North Bend, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5468(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
135 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Hitting the diamond |
Description: |
UP 8565 East starts across the BNSF diamond arriving at Fremont. |
Photo Date: |
3/30/2012 Upload Date: 4/9/2012 10:47:38 PM |
Location: |
Fremont, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8565(SD70ACe) UP 5478(AC45CCTE) UP 4773(SD70M) |
Views: |
273 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Those long June evenings |
Description: |
A decent afternoon with half a dozen manifests and the usual run of coal loads and empties in several hours. As the sun waned and I began heading for home, another eastbound showed and I chased it down Lincoln Highway to grab this view just west of Logan. |
Photo Date: |
6/29/2010 Upload Date: 7/3/2010 12:22:08 PM |
Location: |
Logan, IA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5487(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
237 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The days closer |
Description: |
UP 5502 is chasing UP 5468 West into the sundown at McGinn. |
Photo Date: |
1/30/2012 Upload Date: 1/31/2012 10:36:35 PM |
Location: |
North Bend, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5502(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
113 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 5518 East |
Description: |
UP 5518 East rolling up the Boyer River valley on Easter Sunday. |
Photo Date: |
4/8/2012 Upload Date: 4/9/2012 11:56:24 PM |
Location: |
Woodbine, IA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5518(AC45CCTE) UP 5698(AC44CWCTE) |
Views: |
217 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
297 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
UP 7655 |
Description: |
It is quite an amazing path that the rails negotiate to elevate their twisting path from the valley floor toward the summit. UP 7655 brings a southbound intermodal train through Bealville. |
Photo Date: |
4/9/2010 Upload Date: 4/21/2010 11:45:27 AM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7655(AC45CCTE) UP 5534(AC45CCTE) UP 4971(SD70M) |
Views: |
436 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 5546 |
Description: |
Northbound manifest between Cliff and Bealville near the site of old Tunnel No.4, taken out in the 1952 earthquake. |
Photo Date: |
5/5/2012 Upload Date: 7/18/2012 1:06:27 PM |
Location: |
Cliff, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5546(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
208 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 7349 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/11/2014 Upload Date: 8/31/2014 2:23:22 AM |
Location: |
Ames, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7349(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
187 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Just right |
Description: |
I rode from Sandpoint, ID (huge run of trains after dark) over to Rock Island, WA to see the trestle within a trestle but came up snake eyes on trains. So I headed for the Columbia gorge around Wishram and spent the night at one of the better motel bargains - Dintys for some $42 a night, clean and right near the UP. Next morning I am sipping coffee, marveling at how good the lighting is for a train, if one were to show. Voila! here comes UP 7353 East to start off a good morning of activity. |
Photo Date: |
8/18/2011 Upload Date: 2/2/2012 3:21:19 PM |
Location: |
Biggs, OR |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7353(AC45CCTE) UP 9766(C44-9W) UP 5077(SD70M) |
Views: |
579 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
UP 7357 |
Description: |
Westbound auto rack train crosses the Missouri River that is well above flood stage. The nuclear power plant just down river was being sandbagged at the time. |
Photo Date: |
6/27/2011 Upload Date: 1/27/2012 12:47:48 AM |
Location: |
Blair, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7357(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
181 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 8473 |
Description: |
Westbound departing Fremont, NE on a winter afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
2/5/2013 Upload Date: 2/10/2013 5:38:10 PM |
Location: |
Fremont, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8473(SD70ACe) UP 7371(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
260 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 7463 |
Description: |
Westbound intermodal outfit departing Fremont on a Saturday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
12/17/2011 Upload Date: 12/19/2011 6:50:09 PM |
Location: |
Fremont, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7463(AC45CCTE) UP 7372(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
231 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 7382 |
Description: |
UP 7382 is close on BNSF 4518s heels through the curves between Walong and Marcel. |
Photo Date: |
5/5/2012 Upload Date: 7/17/2012 12:27:44 AM |
Location: |
Marcel, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7382(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
184 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 7382 |
Description: |
If Horseshoe Curve is the iconic railroad location in the east, Tehachapi Loop must be the equivalent in the west. UP 7382 North rounds the loop and exits Tunnel No.9 before sundown. |
Photo Date: |
5/6/2012 Upload Date: 5/7/2013 10:03:56 AM |
Location: |
Walong, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Tunnel,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7382(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
170 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 7423 |
Description: |
UP 7423 is eastbound with double-stacks at MP 31 near Valley, NE on the short, remaining segment of current of traffic signalled railroad between Elkhorn and Mercer. |
Photo Date: |
1/13/2010 Upload Date: 3/15/2010 3:50:56 PM |
Location: |
Valley, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7423(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
297 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Two views of UP 7432-I |
Description: |
Eastbound intermodal outfit cruising through Fremont. |
Photo Date: |
12/17/2011 Upload Date: 12/19/2011 6:51:40 PM |
Location: |
Fremont, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7432(AC45CCTE) UP 4546(SD70M) |
Views: |
218 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Two views of UP 7432-II |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/17/2011 Upload Date: 12/19/2011 6:51:28 PM |
Location: |
Fremont, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7432(AC45CCTE) UP 4546(SD70M) |
Views: |
228 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Easing down |
Description: |
UP 7442 let one by at Woodford and is now easing through Bealville for a meet. |
Photo Date: |
5/5/2012 Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:47:12 PM |
Location: |
Bealville, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7442(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
195 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Northbound manifest |
Description: |
UP 7442 is heading in at Woodford to let an intermodal train by. |
Photo Date: |
5/5/2012 Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:32:21 PM |
Location: |
Woodford, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7442(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
186 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The iconic wings |
Description: |
No other railroad logo has survived the years of consolidations - not the great keystone, the B&Os capitol dome, the Northern Pacific monad or the Great Northern goat, et al. All have passed, but for the KCS. Yet the Union Pacific emblem is into its third century of existence and endurance. |
Photo Date: |
8/16/2009 Upload Date: 4/1/2010 12:26:55 PM |
Location: |
Meacham, OR |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7916(AC45CCTE) UP 7446(AC45CCTE) UP 8522(SD70ACe) |
Views: |
429 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Home stretch to La Grande |
Description: |
UP 7916 West has just a few more miles to the division point in La Grande, OR. |
Photo Date: |
8/16/2009 Upload Date: 4/1/2010 11:37:38 AM |
Location: |
Union Junction, OR |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7916(AC45CCTE) UP 7446(AC45CCTE) UP 8522(SD70ACe) |
Views: |
449 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Track Speed |
Description: |
The 7449 West is undeterred by curvature or significant gradient as it ticks off the Nebraska miles at a solid 70. |
Photo Date: |
8/21/2012 Upload Date: 9/21/2012 11:34:18 PM |
Location: |
Ames, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7449(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
191 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
UP 7456 |
Description: |
A westbound double-stack outfit cruises past the site of a derailment from earlier in the month west of the control point at McGinn. High winds flipped a trailer home nearby and derailed part of a westbound coal empty. |
Photo Date: |
4/29/2013 Upload Date: 4/30/2013 11:46:20 AM |
Location: |
McGinn, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Wreck,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7456(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
196 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 7479 |
Description: |
DPU power on UP 7442 North |
Photo Date: |
5/5/2012 Upload Date: 7/18/2012 12:30:27 PM |
Location: |
Woodford, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7479(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
147 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Into the October sundown |
Description: |
UP 7484 passes the old west end of Kennard siding where grading is underway for the on-going double tracking of the former C&NW freight line between Missouri Valley, IA and Fremont, NE. The line, which has been primarily a westbound by-pass around Omaha, will see increasing levels of eastbound traffic as capacity is increased. |
Photo Date: |
10/15/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2012 9:46:18 AM |
Location: |
Kennard, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7484(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
151 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Clean Machine |
Description: |
UP 7499 is at the rear of an eastbound double-stack train, illustrating how good UPs color scheme looks when clean. |
Photo Date: |
10/4/2011 Upload Date: 10/5/2011 12:29:04 PM |
Location: |
Fremont, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7499(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
208 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 7518 |
Description: |
76 cars of vehicles |
Photo Date: |
11/1/2011 Upload Date: 1/25/2012 4:14:59 PM |
Location: |
Ames, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7518(AC45CCTE) UP 4904(SD70M) |
Views: |
216 Comments: 2 |
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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: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7610(AC45CCTE) UP 9509(C41-8W) UP 4444(SD70M) UP 4350(SD70M) |
Views: |
494 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
375 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Catch me if you can |
Description: |
UP 7611 was already whistling for the road crossings in Fremont as it departed town and I had to kick the Harley into high gear to overtake it at Troxel, a few miles west of town. |
Photo Date: |
9/20/2010 Upload Date: 9/21/2010 11:07:28 AM |
Location: |
Troxel, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7611(AC45CCTE) NS 9240(C40-9W) UP 6633(AC44CW) |
Views: |
278 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
UP 7611 Take 2 |
Description: |
UP 7611 passes the wide angle friendly grain elevator at Troxel. |
Photo Date: |
9/20/2010 Upload Date: 9/21/2010 11:09:30 AM |
Location: |
Troxel, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7611(AC45CCTE) NS 9240(C40-9W) UP 6633(AC44CW) |
Views: |
295 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 7630 |
Description: |
The DPU unit on a southbound intermodal at Marcel. |
Photo Date: |
5/3/2012 Upload Date: 7/14/2012 12:11:22 AM |
Location: |
Marcel, CA |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7630(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
160 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
New Diamonds |
Description: |
A westbound intermodal it about to hit the BNSF/UP diamond at Fremont, NE - diamonds that take a lot of tonnage. |
Photo Date: |
7/12/2012 Upload Date: 9/21/2012 11:28:02 PM |
Location: |
Fremont, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Track,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7637(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
172 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Power to burn |
Description: |
Plenty of horsepower on this westbound intermodal leaving Fremont on a spring afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
5/10/2013 Upload Date: 5/13/2013 8:07:30 AM |
Location: |
Fremont, NE |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7641(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
120 Comments: 3 |
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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: |
285 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
280 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
UP 7664 West |
Description: |
The dimensions of the west dwarf mans creations. |
Photo Date: |
8/18/2011 Upload Date: 2/2/2012 3:49:48 PM |
Location: |
Celilo, OR |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7664(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
175 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
209 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ready to go |
Description: |
As the westbound nears, UP 5256 begins to pull, with two DPUs bringing up the rear. |
Photo Date: |
8/16/2009 Upload Date: 4/1/2010 11:34:30 AM |
Location: |
Union Junction, OR |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 3881(SD70M) UP 7665(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
355 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Coming and going |
Description: |
UP 7916 West passes the 5256 East s DPU power. |
Photo Date: |
8/16/2009 Upload Date: 4/1/2010 11:36:08 AM |
Location: |
Union Junction, OR |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7916(AC45CCTE) UP 7665(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
316 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Not long for this world |
Description: |
Extensive grading has been done for the second mainline west of Tucson, and you know what that spells for the classic searchlights. UP 7666 crusies through East Picacho at track speed. |
Photo Date: |
4/13/2010 Upload Date: 4/24/2010 11:23:02 AM |
Location: |
Picacho, AZ |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7666(AC45CCTE) UP 8528(SD70ACe) |
Views: |
236 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A Tale of UP 7674 East-V |
Description: |
In the lovely setting of the Blue Mountains UP 7674 is cruising down the valley between Haines and Baker, OR. |
Photo Date: |
5/11/2012 Upload Date: 5/9/2013 10:59:52 AM |
Location: |
Haines, OR |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7674(AC45CCTE) UP 5927(AC44CWCTE) UP 7014(AC4460CW) |
Views: |
205 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
A Tale of UP 7674 East-III |
Description: |
The 7674 has attained the summit at Telocaset. Somehow the scene doesnt look right without searchlight signals in the background. Progress does not heed aesthetics. |
Photo Date: |
5/11/2012 Upload Date: 5/9/2013 10:54:18 AM |
Location: |
Telocaset, OR |
Author: |
Rick Erben |
Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 7674(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
126 Comments: 1 |
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