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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.
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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After meeting the southbound business train at Murray, the northbound manifest was back on the move. They had to flag out of the siding, allowing me plenty of time to beat them back to the hamlet of Mynard for a second shot.
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The Mojave River is easily mistaken for a dry wash filled with sand. Although water of the Mojave cut Afton Canyon from the surrounding mountains, only a few times in recent history has enough water flowed here to provide more evidence than a puddle. The river exits the east end of Afton Canyon and ends in the vast Mojave River Sink basin. The Union Pacific built the route of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad through this part of the California Mojave Desert along the convenient path of the river to avoid the surrounding mountains.
The rising sun turns the sky and thin cloud to delicate shades of pink and orange over the Mojave River Sink. The crown of the rails running east from the west switch at Basin siding reflect the color of the sky. The mainline of the UP LA & SL is nearly tangent before turning south into the Devil’s Playground to avoid the Kelso Mountains 25 miles distant across the empty basin. At the point were the rails vanish over the horizon a red signal at the west switch at Crucero indicates an approaching westbound grain train.
Union Pacific replaced the original Union Switch and Signal Company signal hardware on the Cima Sub during a modernization in 2015. By 2020 the disused code line on the north side of the right-of-way had also been removed.
Completed by 1953 Union Pacific's third main track over Sherman Hill, also known as the 'Harriman Line', traded 10 extra miles for an easier gradient for heavy westbounds on the busy Overland Route. Between Harriman and Dale 3-track traverses some rugged and truly beautiful scenery in its fight for elevation. Near the top of 'the Hill' the Harriman Line slices through arguably its most impressive trademark, Dale Cut, bored through Wyoming granite Dale Cut brings 3-track in line to reunite with mains 1 & 2 at Dale Junction. On this occasion the near vertical granite cliffs frame a westbound grain train as it struggles towards the top of Sherman Hill, the endeavor of their climb nearly within sight.
UP 2669 ~ GSEXOG ~ Dale Cut, Wyoming
Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision
06.10.2018
Up to date with photo uploads again, ready for a new week. It looks as if the good weather may have returned by thee amount of sunshine this morning.
That's a palindrome.
After shooting 3 BNSF trains over near Holliday I saw that Z10 lit WB on the scope. So after scooping the train I posted last night I high tailed over to the sewage plant to shoot this turd.
Ex-KCS SW-1500 second out for you fans keeping track of things at home. Almost wish I would have went west and droned this guy instead at Krieder.
After shooting this guy I went home. There was way too much smoke and dust in the air to make anything look good for last light even though I had the opportunity on both the BNSF and the UP to make this happen.