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UP ran a special from St. Louis to Council Bluffs. For this trip they actually got some decent power for the 12 car train. Here they poke around the curve at West Marshalltown prepared to crossover.
My eye close up.
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Picture Notes: Taken with three macro lenses stacked on a zoom lens on a Canon 40D.
Strobist info: I used a Canon Speedlite 430EX (with a Sto-Fen Omnibounce diffuser) tethered to the camera with a Canon OC-E3 Off-Camera Shoe Cord. I handheld the Speedlite in front of my eye on the side of lens. Unfortunately, due to the very shallow depth of field with the macro lenses, I had to take a number of pictures to get this one...temporarily blinding myself.
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UP 3939 was built in April 2003 as part of UP's massive order of more than 1400 SD70M's. It was also built with a flared, 4-section radiator (improved emissions & cooling) to meet EPA's Tier 1 standards.
20 years later, as SD70Ms have slowly been phased out in favor of newer SD70ACe's and ES44AC's, UP 3939 finds itself in storage at UP's Congress Yard in Houston.
UP SD70M #3939
Houston, TX
April 3rd, 2024
When I set out to get a picture of an eastbound this afternoon, I was expecting BNSF's Provo-Denver. I was surprised to find a loaded UP coal train rolling east instead! The train is actually shorter than most coal trains that run on the Moffat. Instead of the normal 105 (give or take) cars, this train was only 79 cars. As a result, there are only two mid-train swing helpers, and you can clearly see the end of the train stretched along the straightaway here alongside CO-72 and Welton Reservoir.
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Some stored UP SD9043MAC’s at Monroe, LA. An extra bonus while waiting on the KCS Holiday Express to run, you can access them for photos using Thomas Avenue crossing & use a zoom lens
UP train AASFX-01 resumes its journey to KC after receiving a new crew in downtown Jefferson City. I was using the telephoto feature of my cell phone so with the sun behind me, it was a bit hard to frame the shot hence the capitol bldg being cut off a bit.
UP 1995 made an appearance this afternoon and I was able to get out and get a somewhat backlit image of the train coming around the corner at Fall Leaf. I really wanted to shoot him further back in the curve but my intercept to his track wasn't going to allow that to happen.
You're broken down and tired
Of living life on a merry-go-round
And you can't find the fighter
But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out
Move mountains
We gonna walk it out
And move mountains
....with a two image pano. We got 3 inches of snow overnight and earlier today. I waited for the clouds to break up, but unfortunately that didn't happen until an hour later and I was in the house.
* Canon EOS M50 camera
* Pentax-M SMC 50mm f/1.7 (Asahi) lens
* Fotasy PK-EOSM lens adapter
Pure himalayan coloured poetry.
Yet another unique view as you can't direct clouds as if they were drones.
Looking up towards the drill chuck of the precision drilling attachment for the Universal Pillar Tool designed by George Thomas.
Lens Cimko M series 28mm Macro F2.8 at F8.
A short inspection special with the 'Spirit of the Union Pacific' on the point rolls north through Modale, IA on the way to Sioux City and St. Paul, MN.
A somewhat spooky sight we saw yesterday when we were out walking - this glove seemed to have too much life in it!
Even Benni stood up and sniffed it for a long time.
Taken during exploration of abandoned church camp,with all that abandoned goodness a friend had to get a close up of a flower ;)
UP 2733 West rolling past the old grain elevator complexes in Perry, KS earlier this afternoon. This train was moving so slow following the train ahead which was averaging like 22mph.
Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern #844 on the 2016 "Trek to Tennessee" Special traveling between Kansas City, MO and Jefferson City, MO on October 17, 2016.
-Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern #844
-UP (ex-MoPac) River Sub, CPM201 Marshall
-Highway 240/41 Bridge, Marshall, MO
-October 17, 2016
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Just up the line the Goodspringer cuts through the town of Donaldson, another sleepy town in the heart of coal country.
Union Pacific Railroad GP9 299 at Council Bluffs, Iowa on January 17, 1958, Kodachrome by unknown photographer ( likely, Dick Rumbolz ), Chuck Zeiler collection. Built in September 1954 ( c/n 19896 ) and equipped with a steam generator, which was removed in April, 1972. This locomotive was retired in July 1982 and sold for scrap.
U.S. bound UP 5544 and helper NS 1051 are in charge of train 647 at mile 88 on the CP's Windsor Sub.
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