Showing 301–325 of 381 resultsSorted by latest
Union Pacific’s 8500-series Gas Turbine Electric Locomotives earned the nicknames ‘super Fleet” as they were the largest, most powerful locomotives ever employed by the railroad.
The largest, most powerful diesel locomotives ever built: Union Pacific DDA40X Centennials weighed 270 tons, were almost to 100 feet long, carried 8,000-gallons of fuel, and generated 6,600 horsepower – with speeds of up to 90 mph.
Here is the whole turbine story, from rare footage of an early steam turbine experiment in 1938 to an experimental coal-burning turbine locomotive.
The rotary is rarely called out… but January 1993 saw a series of storms with heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Union Pacific mainline through the Feather River Canyon was hard hit. And so the rotary was called to duty.
The busiest freight mainline in North America is Union Pacific’s Kearney Subdivision in central Nebraska. The 110-mile portion from North Platte to Gibbon Junction can see an average of 100 trains a day.
Step back to 1991 to watch as Union Pacific sends double stack and intermodal trains through their recently upgraded, former Western Pacific, Feather Canyon and its challenging terrain.
Sleek and stylish EMD E-8s and E-9s were the backbone of the Union Pacific Railroad’s fleet throughout the 1950s and ’60s.
Climbing gently from the tidewater ports near Portland is the Columbia River Gorge. It is a spot of beauty that hosts two railroad: BNSF and Union Pacific. Follow the UP in Volume Two.
On May 17, 1953, the first official steam excursion on the Union Pacific ran from Denver to Laramie and returned via Sherman Hill. To commemorate the 40th anniversary we got a “do over” of the event on May 15, 1993!
The Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin form a major Great Lakes shipping terminal on the western shore of Lake Superior.
2 discs, 8 Hours. From desert heat to snow-capped mountains, with curves, tunnels, nonstop parade of trains, and famed Loop, Tehachapi offers mainline railroading excitement like no other place in the world. Map included!
California’s Cajon Pass has long been a favorite destination for countless railfans from around the world.
Enjoy four hours of nonstop action from dozens of America’s classic steam locomotives. Watch these steam locomotives in excursion service today – and see vintage film of steam in the glory days of steam.
Tennessee Pass has been a magnet, drawing railfans and photographers to Colorado’s mountains for years. When word spread that Union Pacific was closing the pass in 1997, interest climbed to an all-time high.
It’s the sought-after moment in railfanning when two trains are meeting each other or running side by side. Train Meets 2 continues the series’ action with nonstop, screen-filling, multi-train meets.
Over two years went into the filming of Train Meets – Double The Action, and the results are simply spectacular!
The country’s railroading capital, with a network of rail lines unlike anywhere else in the nation.
Union Pacific 844 and Southern Pacific 4449 steam locomotives make history by double-heading for the first time ever between Tacoma and Everett.
Perhaps the busiest interlocking tower in the western U.S., with an average of over 100 movements in a 24 hour period, was Tower 55 located in Ft. Worth
Trains rattle across the diamonds at Rochelle, Illinois, where the double tracks of the Union Pacific and the double tracks of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks intersect.
Here’s your opportunity to sit back and enjoy an entire day’s activity at what some say is the busiest all-freight railroad junction in the world – Union Pacific’s Gibbon Junction.
To railfans, ‘street running” brings to mind images of long trains operating down busy city streets while traffic swerves to avoid disastrous collisions. Let’s look at 22 of these locations around the country.
Big steam locomotive power ventured onto the high iron during the summer of 1998, and Pentrex was on the spot to capture the excitement . Join us for a look at steamers 261, 587, 4449, 844, 328, 2719 and 1003.
Not your everyday fare, the sighting of a Special (special trains and extraordinary movements) are rare treats for the eager rail enthusiast. The scenic slopes of Cajon Pass, provides the ideal setting for these exotic sights.
Union Pacific’s mighty 844, leading an A-B-A set of E-units and 18 matched passenger cars, made one last extraordinary trip through the Royal Gorge and over Tennessee Pass prior to UP’s closing of this historic line.
End of content
End of content
No products in the cart.
