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Well I took this picture of Union Pacific 1482 idling at the fuel rack/sanding towers within the Pueblo Union Pacific Railroad/BNSF Railway Railyard servicing area waiting on its next assignment.

The Florida East Coast converted SD40-2 719 into a new Autonomous Track Inspection Vehicle FEC 2414. The unit is placed behind the head end power consist to inspect the rails on the journey south to Miami and return. The unit also sports the new Grupo Mexico paint scheme. The locals call it a "FloraMex" unit.

SP 7349 west leads the Chicago-Los Angeles double stack at the Vail crossovers MP 1000. The train is meeting its eastbound counterpart LACHX.

Trona Railway’s outbound road train to Searles smokes its way up the grade out of the valley

UPY 338 and UPY 438 bask in the late afternoon sun between hump duty assignments at the UP Little Rock yard.

UP SD40-2 1735 shows off its band new paint at the Tucson yard in March 2013.

SP 8283 and CEFX (Ex-UP) 2815 arrive into the Tucson yard in December 2004.

CSX train X252-13 with CSXT #8882 leading solo struggles past the depot in Nappanee with a water governor issue whilst pulling 79 load autoracks. The train would only make it west of Wellsboro until it needed a new leader.

UP 1752 SD40-2 Snoot and UP 1536 wait for their next yard duty assignment at North Little Rock yard.

Grand Elk train 302 races over the St. Joseph River in downtown Three Rivers with the last Wisconsin & Southern painted unit up on the property up front.

BNSF SD40-2 1924 leads the Lind Turn around the curve at Scribner, WA after waiting for an CP Canpotex train passes east.

Huron & Eastern 702 with GEXR 3393 and CFE 3415 creeps through Bay City's illustrious Fall colors on its way to Durand on a warm Fall afternoon.

SP 8568, Rio Grande 3156 and SP 7470 lead the westbound NOLAT (New Orleans-Los Angeles) over the lower bridge at Cienega Creek. This was one of many detour trains going the wrong way down the eastbound track due to a derailment in September 1990.

SP 8330 East is about to pass next to the Mescal coaling tower with the LBHOT-06 (Long Beach-Houston Trailers). Todays consist includes another SP SD40 and four Rio Grande GP40's.

BN 8002 east leads an A-B-A-B consist into Interbay yard at Seattle, WA in May 1986. The consist 8002 "Tiger Stripe", BN 4117, BN 7162 and BN 4018.

There's plenty of SP power at the east end of Tucson yard including 7384, 7403, 7629, 7571 and EMD 826.

L318-23 with an ex-PC SD40 leading creeps through SE Ottawa past more B&O CPL signals.

L318-23 with an ex-PC SD40 leading comes out of South Deshler past the B&O CPL signals after running around the train so the crew can head back to Lima after working Leipsic.

SP 8528, SP 7313 now lettered for GECX and UP 9671 lead an eastbound Tucson-Houston manifest train in July 2004.

A colorful consist in Tucson, AZ in March 2004 includes UP 8632 (Ex-Rio Grande 5377), CSX 8721, BN 9449 and UP 4287.