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Viewing Album:  Union Pacific
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/2011 - 1/1/2011
Album Info:Photos of trains on the UP system
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UP 1903 south
Title:  UP 1903 south
Description:  UP 1903 south leaves siding at Grady Ark on the former MoPac
Photo Date:  7/3/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 8:50:06 PM
Location:  Grady, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1903(GP60) UP 1455(GP40-2)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
By the signal
Title:  By the signal
Description:  This local has just met a northbound empty coal train, and is now rolling again, moving past the northbound home signal behind a pair of 4 axle units.
Photo Date:  7/3/2010  Upload Date: 1/2/2018 4:23:59 AM
Location:  Grady, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1903(GP60) UP 1455(GP40-2)
Views:  148   Comments: 1
UP 5336 east with merchandise
Title:  UP 5336 east with merchandise
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 2:28:55 AM
Location:  Kemmerer, WY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5336(AC45CCTE) UP 9794(C44-9W)
Views:  365   Comments: 1
UP 8334 heads east on Oregon Short Line
Title:  UP 8334 heads east on Oregon Short Line
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 2:27:36 AM
Location:  Kemmerer, WY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8334(SD70ACe) UP 5252(AC45CCTE)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
Eastbound stacks on ex Rock Island Golden State route
Title:  Eastbound stacks on ex Rock Island Golden State route
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 3:07:57 AM
Location:  Cullison, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7614(ES44AC) UP 3901(SD70M)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
Eastbound auto racks
Title:  Eastbound auto racks
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 3:04:48 AM
Location:  Cullison, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4245(SD70M) UP 7769(AC45CCTE)
Views:  359   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:  464   Comments: 0
Street running in the west bottoms
Title:  Street running in the west bottoms
Description:  UP MP 15s switch a custmomer in the west bottoms section of KC. Action is in the street on State Line Av
Photo Date:  5/7/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 7:49:27 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UPY 1403(MP15AC) UPY 1421(MP15AC)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
Shoving them in the gate
Title:  Shoving them in the gate
Description:  UP MP 15s shove tanks into customer.
Photo Date:  5/7/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 7:50:50 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UPY 1403(MP15AC) UPY 1421(MP15AC)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
The hazards of street running
Title:  The hazards of street running
Description:  Van passes in front of UP local switching customer
Photo Date:  5/7/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 7:51:58 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UPY 1403(MP15AC) UPY 1421(MP15AC)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
Rolling them down the street
Title:  Rolling them down the street
Description:  UP local pulls cars down the street in west bottoms
Photo Date:  5/7/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 7:57:32 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UPY 1403(MP15AC) UPY 1421(MP15AC)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
portrait of the power
Title:  portrait of the power
Description:  Cab of UP 1421. Note the trailer to the left of the unit-once a UP trailer.
Photo Date:  5/7/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 7:55:23 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UPY 1421(MP15AC)
Views:  254   Comments: 1
Standing on the corner....
Title:  Standing on the corner....
Description:  UP local heads around the corner and on to another customer
Photo Date:  5/7/2011  Upload Date: 5/19/2011 7:59:49 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UPY 1403(MP15AC) UPY 1421(MP15AC)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
Mopac heritage
Title:  Mopac heritage
Description:  UP often runs DPUs on some of its longer stack trains. This one had UP 1982 bringing up the rear
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:56:10 AM
Location:  Silver Creek, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1982(SD70ACe)
Views:  249   Comments: 2
Mopac heritage
Title:  Mopac heritage
Description:  The Mopac heritage unit working as a DPU on an eastbound stack
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:58:06 AM
Location:  Silver Creek, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1982(SD70ACe)
Views:  262   Comments: 3
Eastbound past the elevator
Title:  Eastbound past the elevator
Description:  Cozads civic pride is shown on its elevator. Here an eastbound train passes the huge elevator. No question where we are!!
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:53:55 AM
Location:  Cozad, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5612(AC44CWCTE) UP 7201(AC44CW)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
Coal empties rolling for Wyoming
Title:  Coal empties rolling for Wyoming
Description:  A train of empty coal gons heads back to the mines for another load
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:49:29 AM
Location:  Belvue, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5962(AC44CWCTE) UP 5651(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
UP 8528
Title:  UP 8528
Description:  Eastbound train behind UP 8528. DPU was UP 1982m the Mopac heritage unit
Photo Date:  9/4/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:33:57 AM
Location:  Silver Creek, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8528(SD70ACe) UP 4601(SD70M) UP 4146(SD70M)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
UP 8119 west
Title:  UP 8119 west
Description:  UP and CSX units lead a westbound past a barn near Topeka
Photo Date:  9/5/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:36:11 AM
Location:  Belvue, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8119(SD9043MAC) CSX 442(AC44CW)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Classic prairie scene
Title:  Classic prairie scene
Description:  The one thing every town, and even some places that are not towns, has in the plains is a grain elevator. And eastbound passes this one at Overton Neb
Photo Date:  9/18/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 8:53:16 PM
Location:  Overton, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5678(AC44CWCTE) UP 6149(AC44CW)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
UP 6628 east
Title:  UP 6628 east
Description:  UP 6628 leads an eastbound train past a grain elevator.
Photo Date:  9/18/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:42:49 AM
Location:  Lexington, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6628(AC44CW) UP 6179(AC44CW)
Views:  261   Comments: 1
UP 6831 east
Title:  UP 6831 east
Description:  Yet another UP train rolls east on the Overland Route
Photo Date:  9/18/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:40:33 AM
Location:  Cozad, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6831(AC44CW) UP 7087(AC44CW) UP 6737(AC44CW)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Coal empties
Title:  Coal empties
Description:  An empty train headed back to the mines passes a scenic farm
Photo Date:  9/19/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 8:50:19 PM
Location:  Bayard, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5843(AC44CWCTE) UP 6583(AC44CW)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
Coal heads east
Title:  Coal heads east
Description:  The line from North Platte through Scotts Bluff into Wyoming handles unbelieveable amounts of coal. Heres about 15000 tons of it heading east from the mines.
Photo Date:  9/19/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:46:47 AM
Location:  Bayard, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6539(AC44CW) UP 6774(AC44CW)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
UP 7109 east
Title:  UP 7109 east
Description:  UP 7109 rolls past the signals
Photo Date:  9/25/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 1:38:35 AM
Location:  Columbus, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7109(AC44CW) UP 6247(AC44CW)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Flags and elevators
Title:  Flags and elevators
Description:  UP train with a pair of flag adorned units passes the elevator at Chouteau Okla on the former MKT
Photo Date:  10/16/2011  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 2:01:05 AM
Location:  Chouteau, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5445(AC45CCTE) UP 4945(SD70M) UP 4483(SD70M)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Rivals meet
Title:  Rivals meet
Description:  A northbound BNSF train meets a southbound UP train on the ex MP at Grady Ark.
Photo Date:  4/7/2012  Upload Date: 7/5/2012 12:20:08 AM
Location:  Grady, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6008(ES44AC) BNSF 9693(SD70MAC) UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W)
Views:  268   Comments: 0
UP 4574 on the ex Mopac
Title:  UP 4574 on the ex Mopac
Description:  UP 4574 leads an NS unit south on the former MP at Grady Ark
Photo Date:  4/7/2012  Upload Date: 5/3/2012 1:38:37 AM
Location:  Grady, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Covered with flowers
Title:  Covered with flowers
Description:  Southbound UP train passes flowery scene south of Gould. The tracks here are adjacent to US 65, making for easy photos in the morning
Photo Date:  4/7/2012  Upload Date: 7/5/2012 12:24:28 AM
Location:  Gould, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
South past the signals
Title:  South past the signals
Description:  UP 4574 rolls out of Grady after meeting a northbound BNSF train
Photo Date:  4/7/2012  Upload Date: 7/5/2012 12:26:24 AM
Location:  Grady, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
DPU passes UP leader
Title:  DPU passes UP leader
Description:  The DPU on the northbound BNSF train rolls past the head end of the waiting UP train. The BNSF unit is a coal service SD70M strayed from its usual habitat.
Photo Date:  4/7/2012  Upload Date: 7/5/2012 12:32:18 AM
Location:  Grady, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W) BNSF 8830(SD70MAC)
Views:  238   Comments: 1
Crossing the BNSF
Title:  Crossing the BNSF
Description:  UP 7928, a spanking new ES44, running on the former MP Coffeyville Sub, crosses the BNSF at Claremore OK.
Photo Date:  5/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/11/2012 1:59:33 AM
Location:  Claremore, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7928(AC45CCTE) UP 7744(AC45CCTE)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Northbound at dusk
Title:  Northbound at dusk
Description:  UP 7928 leads a northbound through Delaware OK at last light.
Photo Date:  5/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/11/2012 2:01:33 AM
Location:  Delaware, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7744(AC45CCTE)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
Grain elevator
Title:  Grain elevator
Description:  UP 7928 passes the grain bins at Talala OK
Photo Date:  5/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/11/2012 2:03:31 AM
Location:  Talala, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7744(AC45CCTE) UP 7928(AC45CCTE)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
BNSF on the UP
Title:  BNSF on the UP
Description:  A southbound BNSF oil train rolls past the grain bin at Gould Ark on the ex MP
Photo Date:  7/1/2012  Upload Date: 7/5/2012 12:21:57 AM
Location:  Gould, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9309(SD70ACe) BNSF 5388(C44-9W)
Views:  247   Comments: 2
Between the elevators
Title:  Between the elevators
Description:  A coal train behind an ex CNW unit rolls between the grain elevators flanking the tracks at St Marys Kan, early in the morning
Photo Date:  8/5/2012  Upload Date: 9/9/2012 1:06:13 AM
Location:  Saint Marys, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6713(AC44CW) UP 6711(AC44CW)
Views:  296   Comments: 1
NS power on the UP
Title:  NS power on the UP
Description:  An eastbound about to depart Poplar Bluff on the ex Mopac with 4 NS units
Photo Date:  8/20/2012  Upload Date: 9/9/2012 1:10:51 AM
Location:  Poplar Bluff, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 7642(ES40DC) NS 8815(C40-9) NS 9963(C40-9W) NS 9880(C40-9W)
Views:  192   Comments: 1
Headed for the bridge
Title:  Headed for the bridge
Description:  The eastbound train with NS power heads for the Black River bridge
Photo Date:  8/20/2012  Upload Date: 9/9/2012 1:14:37 AM
Location:  Poplar Bluff, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7642(ES40DC)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
local comes off the bridge
Title:  local comes off the bridge
Description:  A local behind a pair of 4 motors arrives at
Photo Date:  8/20/2012  Upload Date: 9/9/2012 1:08:14 AM
Location:  Poplar Bluff, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 352(GP38-2)
Views:  155   Comments: 1
Racing along US 30
Title:  Racing along US 30
Description:  A pair of big EMD's leads a train along US 30 on the old CNW. US 30 is a prime train watching road, as it follows the former CNW, now the UP, and UP proper, for most of the distance from western Illinois to Portland.
Photo Date:  9/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 2:09:44 AM
Location:  Mechanicsville, IA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3535(SD9043MAC) UP 8139(SD9043MAC)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
Between the signals
Title:  Between the signals
Description:  An eastbound UP train on the ex CNW splits a pair of signals as it blasts through Mechanicsville Iowa.
Photo Date:  9/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 2:06:21 AM
Location:  Mechanicsville, IA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3535(SD9043MAC) UP 8139(SD9043MAC)
Views:  303   Comments: 1
Fall scene
Title:  Fall scene
Description:  A cornfield awaits harvest as the UP sends an endless stream of trains past, this one led by two types of SD70 and a lease unit.
Photo Date:  9/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 2:03:30 AM
Location:  Morrison, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4132(SD70M) UP 5134(SD70M) HLCX 1032(GP38-2)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
Spanking new
Title:  Spanking new
Description:  A four unit set of brand new GEs leads a stack train on their maiden voyage west from Erie in a fall scene typical of the corn belt.
Photo Date:  9/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 2:00:07 AM
Location:  Morrison, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8008(AC45CCTE) UP 8010(AC45CCTE) UP 8007(AC45CCTE) UP 8001(AC45CCTE)
Views:  660   Comments: 6
Under and over
Title:  Under and over
Description:  UP 8197 leads a westbound train under the BNSF Barstow Sub near Frog Pond in a bucolic setting.
Photo Date:  9/29/2012  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 1:56:10 AM
Location:  Union Grove, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8197(SD9043MAC) UP 8059(SD9043MAC)
Views:  299   Comments: 1
Working the mill
Title:  Working the mill
Description:  UP 1515 pulls a cut of cars through a feed mill on the ex CNW at Winona Minn
Photo Date:  10/2/2012  Upload Date: 10/17/2012 1:54:15 AM
Location:  Winona, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1515(GP40M-2)
Views:  243   Comments: 2
Trackage rights oil
Title:  Trackage rights oil
Description:  A BNSF southbound oil train, running on trackage rights, rolls south with 102 cars on the ex MKT.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/1/2019 4:38:43 AM
Location:  Pryor, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7453(ES44DC)
Views:  107   Comments: 1
Pushing the oil
Title:  Pushing the oil
Description:  The southbound BNSF oil train has a pair of DPUs, one of them an ex BN Grinstein unit, which has changed fuels, now working on an oil train instead of coal.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/1/2019 4:42:47 AM
Location:  Pryor, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9705(SD70MAC) BNSF 9329(SD70ACe)
Views:  168   Comments: 1
Local power
Title:  Local power
Description:  Theres a local based out of Pryor to handle traffic into the Mid America Industrial Park there. It usually gets a set of four axle power such as this.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/1/2019 4:50:55 AM
Location:  Pryor, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1461(GP40-2) UPY 939(S6-1B) GMTX 2686(GP38)
Views:  203   Comments: 1
Eastbound
Title:  Eastbound
Description:  A UP eastbound behind a pair of SD 70s in two styles rolls over the BNSF
Photo Date:  10/18/2014  Upload Date: 11/5/2014 3:34:53 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4005(SD70M) UP 5130(SD70M)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Westbound with a visitor
Title:  Westbound with a visitor
Description:  A 104 car UP westbound rolls over the BNSF with a CSX unit in the mix. A BNSF train rolls west overhead.
Photo Date:  10/18/2014  Upload Date: 11/5/2014 3:40:48 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4030(SD70M) CSX 946(ES44AC-H) UP 3813(SD70M)
Views:  286   Comments: 1

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